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The administration can be proud of its performance in creating jobs. The jobs report released last Friday show a couple of significant records that no other administration in history can match. From Washington Examiner: Behind Wal-Mart, the second-largest employer in America is Kelly Services, a temporary work provider. Friday's disappointing jobs report showed that part-time jobs are at an all-time high, with 28 million Americans now working part-time. The report also showed another disturbing fact: There are now a record number of Americans with temporary jobs. Approximately 2.7 million, in fact. And the trend has been growing. In the first...

Temporary Jobs Becoming a Permanent Fixture in US Temporary jobs becoming a permanent fixture in US as more employers seek 'just-in-time' labor By Christopher s. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer | Associated Press – 16 hours ago Email Recommend637Tweet Print Associated Press - FILE - In this Wednesday, March 11, 2009, file photo, Clairessa Mills looks over the main desk for help at the Labor Ready temporary employment agency in Warren, Ohio. The number of temps …more RELATED QUOTES WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hiring is exploding in the one corner of the U.S. economy where few want to be hired: Temporary work....

Behind Wal-Mart, the second-largest employer in America is Kelly Services, a temporary work provider.... It's a sad state of affairs for our country. While part-time and temp jobs reached highs last month, full-time jobs decreased by another 240,000. The recovery, or lack thereof, is being fueled by a shift from full-time to part-time work.

According to Camarota and Zeigler: A new analysis of government data shows that all of the net gain in employment over the last 13 years has gone to immigrants (legal and illegal). From the first quarter of 2000 to the first quarter of 2013, the number of natives working actually fell by 1.3 million while the overall size of the working-age (16 to 65) native population increased by 16.4 million. Over the same time period, the number of immigrants working (legal and illegal) increased by 5.3 million. In addition to the decline in the number of natives working, there has...

To the laborers sitting in the waiting room of a temp agency in Elizabeth, she is simply "La Se ñora." She's the woman to see for a warehouse or manufacturing job at plants just a short drive away. Even at agencies that hire temporary workers, it is against the law to hire people who entered the country illegally. Federal laws re quire employers to verify a worker's status with identity and work authorization documents, such as a Social Security card, before they hire someone. But in May, Dilcia "Dee" Mem breno at Nielsen Staffing Services -- La Señora --made an...