By handing temp-attorney hours to other firms, lead lawyers may lessen the temptation for those others to compete on fees in other cases, Pentz suggests.
Andrew's-Sewanee School, had to wait a little longer to get a glimpse of her boss' unprofessionalism during a previous temp job -- but it still didn't take long.
Both Microsoft and the law firm agree that the company has curtailed such hiring practices, hiring 3, 000 former temp workers as full-time employees in the past year alone.
Edinburgh-based recruiters reported the strongest increase in permanent placements, while the fastest rise in temp billings was posted by Dundee-based consultancies.
In case we missed the blooming-and-blossoming theme, the heroine, Charlie (Jennifer Lopez), a Venice Beach free spirit who works as a dog-walker, caterer, and temp, also paints floral whatnots on the walls of her apartment.
Web weather is entirely browser based, and you can bring it up in just the same way as on a smartphone -- confirm that your GPS is enabled, then head to Google.com and type "weather" -- you'll be rewarded with a 10-day forecast, complete with temp, precipitation, humidity and wind speed readouts.
And if you play your cards right, the temp gig can parlay into a permanent, full-time position.
Starting salaries for permanent staff reached a seven-month high in December, while average temp hourly pay saw its strongest rise since May 2008.
These permatemps were allegedly hired to work as full-time employees, but Microsoft paid them through temp agencies to avoid paying them benefits like stock options and health care plans.
Temp jobs also grew at a faster rate, reaching a three-month high.
Rather than handle the entire process in-house, more companies are turning to executive search or temp agencies to reduce both their risk and time required to find the right candidate.
With two-thirds of its business overseas and 400, 000 customers worldwide, this provider of temp workers has lots of upside at 30% of annual revenue and 11 times 2008 earnings.
And it's not difficult to imagine the business-to-business uses of e-scheduling, like letting distributors arrange for manufacturers' deliveries at convenient times or allowing customers to book product-training classes online, or even enabling an administrative assistant to make plans for a temp to cover his weeklong vacation.
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Manpower, America's largest temp agency, experienced flat sales in the fourth quarter of last year, down from 7% growth year-on-year in the third quarter, as demand from manufacturers plummeted.
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