Article: Contingent Workforce to Grow Sharply Over Next Two Years to 10% of U.S. Employment.

Corporations Need to Improve Management of Temporary and Contract Labor as Expense Soars

LOS ALTOS, Calif., May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The contingent workforce is expected to grow strongly to 10 of the entire U.S. workforce within two years, with pharmaceutical, biotech and retail sectors experiencing the largest growth in temporary and contract workers, according to a new report from Staffing Industry Analysts, the nation's premier provider of market intelligence about the contingent workforce.

The 2007 Staffing Buyers Survey found that the Fortune 1000 will expand its use of contingent workers to manage variable or unpredictable workloads, to handle the ...

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