December 19, 2023
The typical weekly variety of non permanent and contract staff employed by US staffing firms declined by 1.7% within the third quarter to 2.4 million in comparison with the second quarter, in line with the American Staffing Affiliation’s Staffing Employment and Gross sales Survey, launched in the present day.
ASA famous that the dip displays an total slowdown within the job creation tempo throughout a lot of the previous yr amongst employers of all sizes within the face of risky macroeconomic and geopolitical situations and forecasts.
On a year-over-year foundation, staffing jobs declined 14.1% within the third quarter, whereas non permanent and contract staffing gross sales decreased 14.5%, amounting to $34.7 billion.
“As all the time, the staffing, recruiting and expertise options business pivots rapidly to help employers with their variable and altering wants for versatile and everlasting workers,” Richard Wahlquist, CEO of the ASA, stated in a press launch. “In distinction to the livid tempo of hiring in late 2021 and far of 2022, employers at the moment are settling into a brand new regular of gradual and regular development. However with 1.3 openings per employee, labor markets stay tight and employers proceed to wrestle with recruiting staff with essentially the most in-demand ability units — one thing we anticipate to proceed for the foreseeable future.”
The ASA Staffing Employment and Gross sales Survey is performed quarterly to assemble info on non permanent and contract staffing gross sales, payroll and employment.
