ASA Staffing Index Reaches 76-Week High in April
Note: Temporary hiring is often the first step towards a permanent, full-time position, and it's becoming increasingly common for companies to hire new workers on a 90-day temporary basis, and then those temporary positions often get converted to full-time positions after the trial period.
For example: "Temporary employment is filling a key niche during the current spike in joblessness. But, perhaps its most important function is that it doesn't necessarily have to be temporary. More employers are starting to turn interim positions into full-time job opportunities."
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This is proof that Parkinson's Law (book by C. Northcote Parkinson) is alive and well -- especially upon university campuses, which is where Parkinson first observed it.
another way to look at it is that the current absolute level of this index is still 19% off levels fromt he end of 2007 and at a level that would have been the second lowest monthly reading prior to 2008.
these are just easy yoy comps, not a return to prosperity.
the reading is currently 89 vs 100 in month 20 2008, an 11% decline.
Temporary employment is filling a key niche during the current spike in joblessness. But, perhaps its most important function is that it doesn't necessarily have to be temporary.
...in that temporary employment becomes a way to screw people over on a more permanent basis.
If temporary employment was indeed temporary in its existence, I would have a bit more trust in it. It's that it is being used for a bit more than its original purpose.
However, it is being used more as a way to get out of 'x' regulation on a more permanent basis. It lessens the position of the person doing the work, given them being even more disposable than a regular, full-time person.
If someone really *wants* to do that, fine. Don't force it as a matter of it being the "least evil" on someone.
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