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Article: A DIFFICULT POSITION; Despite wealth of job talent, temporary staffing firms find diminished demand for services as fewer companies are hiring.(NEWS)
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- Crain's Cleveland Business
- Article date:
- April 13, 2009
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Byline: JOHN BOOTH
Elite Personnel Agency administrator and senior recruiter Christine Watson pulls no punches in assessing the current jobs climate, and offers a blunt correction to anyone who figures that with so many people looking for work, temporary staffing agencies such as Cleveland-based Elite must be thriving.
"Any agency that says they aren't taking a hit right now, quite frankly, is lying, Ms. Watson said. "You've got to be taking a hit somewhere, because there are a flood of people out there looking for jobs.
According to the most recent employment outlook survey from staffing giant Manpower Inc., just 15% of 31,800 U.S. employers ...