Labor
Market Transition Rates Among Temporary Workers
Status of Temp Workers, One Year
Later In All Occupations
Source: Federal Reserve of Chicago Working Paper
(WP-96-26) by Lewis Segal and Daniel Sullivan
Notes
The 43% of temp workers who obtained permanent jobs at
another firm (not the client firm using a temp agency's services) often found permanent
jobs themselves, without the assistance of a temp staffing agency. |
Temp-to-hire is a service provided by temp agencies to
client firms. Temp agencies provide temp workers to a client firm, allowing the
client firm to "test" the temp worker and later decide whether or not to hire
the worker. Sometimes, a temp agency bills additional fees to client firms during
the temp-to-hire process. Temp-to-hire is also known as "Temp-to-Perm." | |
Permatemps are temporary workers working on temp assignments for one year or longer. There usually is no promise of conversion to regular, permanent employee status with benefits. |
Tenure
Time in Current Temporary Job for
Temporary Workers
Sources: National Association of Temporary and Staffing Services, Monthly Labor Review, The Bergen Record
Of the 53% of Temp Workers Working On
the
Same Assignment for 6 Months or More, the
Following Lists Their Total Tenure in their
Respective Temp Assignments:
Sources: American Staffing Association, Monthly Labor Review, The Bergen Record
Number of
U.S. Workers Registered With Temp Agencies
In Millions
Sources: American Staffing Association, Monthly Labor Review, The Bergen Record