With the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with revolutionary-controlled Russia, the Germans were able to transfer hundreds of thousands of men to the Western Front, giving them a significant, if temporary, advantage in manpower and material.
Job lists come from corporate offices, media buyers and temporary agencies like Manpower and Kelly Services.
Some well-known temporary agencies are Manpower, Kelly Services and Spherion.
Jeffrey A. Joerres, the chief executive of Manpower, the temporary employment company, agrees.
If the deal is completed the merged company would be larger than Manpower, the temporary employment company based in Milwaukee.
Only 24percentt of employers say they plan to add workers during the fourth quarter, compared with 32percentt at the same time last year, according to the survey, conducted by by Manpower, the temporary staffing agency, based in Milwaukee.
In its most recent survey of employers' hiring intentions, Manpower, the temporary employment company, found that the strongest sectors are finance, insurance and real estate, said Barbara J. Beck, the executive vice president for United States and Canadian operations.
"It's not an across-the-board improvement — it's pretty patchy in terms of sectors, and in terms of geographies — but things are at least holding steady or even getting better in some parts," said Darryl Green, who heads Asia Pacific and Middle East operations for Manpower, a temporary employment and recruiting company.
There is no doubt that "temping" is increasingly common: Manpower, a temporary-employment agency, is now the largest employer in the country.
Manpower, the temporary-staffing company, said yesterday that it expected first-quarter earnings to fall to as low as 34 cents a share as demand for its financial services declines, setting off an 11percentt decline in its share price.
