The September employment report comes out Friday, and it’s likely to show a job market that remains pretty resilient, even if it is cooling down a bit. Most industries are still adding jobs, just at a ...

The Labor Department is dropping two big sets of data this week. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for November will come out Wednesday, and the jobs report for December will be out Friday.

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, ...

Financial pressures and the need for flexibility are driving students to take on temporary jobs, temporary staffing platform Indeed Flex reported July 8. Half of the 1,000 U.S. students aged 18-44 ...

I’m having trouble finding work. I’ve had experience after graduation in my field with several temporary jobs. One year I hit a snag and was out of work, and lately I’ve been taking part-time retail ...

When companies need short-term workers, (or if they just want to "try before they buy,”) they’ll hire temporary employees—also known as “temps,” consultants, freelancers or contractual workers.

Mentioning temp jobs can either impress recruiters or make them think you are a job-hopper. The first scenario is the best. Follow our guide and get the most out of your short-term experience in your ...

Looking for a full-time job? You might want to consider temporary work. That may sound counterintuitive, but it's not. When companies need short-term workers--or if they just want to “try before they ...

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For Americans who can’t find jobs, the booming demand for temp workers has been a path out of unemployment, but now many fear it’s a dead-end route. With full-time work hard to find, these workers ...

When Kenneth Foreman had "a decent job with a decent company," he did the things that most people with a strong, steady paycheck do. He and his wife bought a house close to his elderly parents in ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. They call it the “precariat”. In a continent known for strong employee protections, more than half of the ...