Temporary Hiring is on The Rise (My Comment - has been for 4+ years)

AB - This really is not new "news", but still worth the read.

Hiring is exploding in the one corner of the U.S. economy where few want to be hired: Temporary work.

From Wal-Mart to General Motors to PepsiCo, companies are increasingly turning to temps and to a much larger universe of freelancers, contract workers and consultants. Combined, these workers number nearly 17 million people who have only tenuous ties to the companies that pay them — about 12 percent of everyone with a job.

Hiring is always healthy for an economy. Yet the rise in temp and contract work shows that many employers aren't willing to hire for the long run.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/temporary-jobs-becoming-permanent-fixture-140133833.html