Posted on Saturday, 3rd July 2010 by Jeremy Lee
From CareerBuilder.com:
Job market will “stay the course” in second half of 2010, according to CareerBuilder and USA Today
Hiring in the second half of 2010 is likely to mirror the first half, according to CareerBuilder and USA TODAY’s latest nationwide survey of employers. Forty-one percent of hiring managers plan to hire in the months of July through December. One-in-five plan to hire full-time, permanent employees in the third quarter, similar to the previous two quarters. The survey was conducted by Harris Interactive© from May 18 to June 3, 2010. More t
In Oregon, there were more than 700 temporary help businesses in 2009, employing about 24,000 workers, or 1.5 percent of the total workforce covered by unemployment insurance. Nationally, 1.4 percent of the total covered workforce works in temporary help services. Oregon statewide industry payroll was close to $600 million in 2009.