U.S job “growth” is temp workers

With all of the focus on the US job creation numbers something is often lost on reporters, and the public is that the quality of these new jobs or the status of them.

Typically the fastest growth segment of the supposed recovery is that of temporary services. Companies like Kelly Services which is for example now the second largest employer in the United States have an army of temporary workers.

This is the highest concentration of cities that have temporary workers.

Here is the type of labor that is now made up of temporary workers:

The considerable decrease in permanent jobs has created a whole new class of workers in Career Purgatory, those with little to no benefits, and small chances of getting permanent work.

Check out the full story of the temporary worker situation at the Pacific Standard.