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Of all the employed workers in the United States, 12.5 million are part of a temporary workforce. The United States Bureau of La
Of all the employed workers in the United States, 12.5 million are part of a temporary workforce. The United States Bureau of La
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Of all the employed workers in the United States, 12.5 million are part of a temporary workforce. The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics counts 9.2 percent of workers as those who have 【C1】______they term "alternative employment arrangements." The government predicts that temporary staffing agencies 【C2】______experience growth of 49 percent by 2010. If numbers increase at the rate 【C3】______, these companies will add 1.9 million new jobs by 2010. That’s more than any 【C4】______ industry.
Temporary workers were the first ones to be affected by the recent economic recession, but they are 【C5】______ to be the first to regain positions as the economy picks up and companies work to rebuild. Employers use temporary workers as a resource because 【C6】______ offer flexibility and come at a low cost. Many temporaries are categorized as "independent contractors" instead of employees, 【C7】______ allows the employer to avoid 【C8】______ certain taxes. Because they are not required to offer benefits to temporary workers, companies can save a great deal of money by hiring temps. Usually, temporary workers can qualify 【C9】______ benefits if they work for a staffing company for a certain length of time. Most temps, however, do not continue with one company long 【C10】______ to qualify for them because they regard the position as a step on the ladder to a 【C11】______ position later.
According to Richard Wahlquist, president of the American Staffing Association, 75 【C12】______ of temporary workers hope for transition out of the temporary staffing category 【C13】______ a period of time. Wahlquist finds that temporary workers spend about 11 weeks on various assignments before their 【C14】______ out of the temporary workforce. Many use temporary positions to gain experience and skills 【C15】______ they move on to better jobs. Wahquist says that the temp workforce as a whole turns 【C16】______ 400 percent each year.
Tom Dilworth, research director at the Employment Policies Institute, explains 【C17】______ some workers like having temporary jobs 【C18】______ it affords them a great deal of elasticity with time and everything. Some temps only have a limited 【C19】______ of time to work and temp agencies can help coordinate jobs to fit their schedules. Other sometimes-employees use temporary jobs to get an 【C20】______ to a company from the inside, to get a foot in the door of a certain business or career. 【C21】______ others take temporary positions in hopes their employers will change them over to permanent positions eventually.
Nearly all the industries in the United States use temporary workers. 【C22】______ to Tim Costello, coordinator of the North American Alliance for Fair Employment, the growth of temporary labor threatens 【C23】______ job security of permanent workers who fear replacement, as well as the temps who are more accustomed to turnover. He predicts that there will continue to 【C24】______ a gradual shift from permanent employees to contingent staffing, and that such a 【C25】______ in workplace demographics will "lead to lower wages, poorer working conditions, and more instability."
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amount
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an amount of+(不可数名词)相当数量的,一些。
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