American Staffing Association (09/24/13)
Staffing employment in September is up 5.1% compared with the same month last year, according to the ASA Staffing Index. The index value for the month of September is 100, indicating that staffing employment has experienced a 3.1% increase over the past 30 days. The last time the index was at or above 100 during the second week of September was in 2007 when the index reached 103—meaning that current staffing employment has reached a similar level to that reported for the week of Sept. 16, 2007.