This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Luke Vargas: From high profile layoffs, to workers spending longer looking for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sara Considine picks up her check at Great Work Employment. Her temp job recently led to a permanent position. In early December, ...

Temporary workers were hit with 49,000 job losses in June, more than any other industry, and a possible sign the labor market is poised to cool significantly in the months ahead. The decline, ...

A reader, George T. Karnezis, reacts to Friday's entry about temporary work, raising interesting questions about the use of temps in higher education; namely, as classroom instructors. He writes ...

The number of workers employed through temporary help agencies is at all-time highs. Each week about 3 million people — 2 percent of the workforce — cycle through staffing companies. If you're looking ...

Your small business may not have enough employees to cope with sudden increases in workload, such as a spike in orders around Christmas. You could hire another worker, which becomes a permanent ...

Sometimes, looking for a job or finding the right employee is more complicated than looking at the want ads or placing an online job ad. Temporary work agencies provide a service for both job seekers ...