November 2010

INTELLIGENCE REPORT

 

Staffing Employees: Motivated, Satisfied, Educated

While some hiring managers cling to outdated stereotypes of “temp workers” who help out for a few busy days in the mailroom or fill in for a vacationing receptionist, today’s reality is much different. Many employees with highly sought-after expertise prefer to work through staffing firms—they thrive on the stimulation and challenge of diverse assignments. Others view temporary or contract work as a way to evaluate prospective employers or as a quicker way to get a permanent job.

Staffing employees are motivated people who want to work. In a survey conducted by
the American Staffing Association, 77% of staffing employees said they decided to work through staffing firms to find permanent jobs. Eight in 10 worked full time, the same as the traditional work force. Nine out of 10 were satisfied with their jobs (compared with only about 60% of workers in traditional employment arrangements) and would recommend temporary or contract work to a friend or relative.

Staffing employees are better educated than the overall work force: 74% have had at least some college education, compared with only 62% of the traditional work force (in both cases, one in three of those with some college earned at least a bachelor’s degree). Staffing employees who prefer temporary and contract work are more likely to hold a bachelor’s degree and earn higher wages.

Staffing clients have noticed the high caliber of today’s staffing employee. In an
American Staffing Association survey of 500 staffing clients, 72% said the quality
Staffing clients have noticed the high caliber of today’s staffing employee. In an
American Staffing Association survey of 500 staffing clients, 72% said the quality of
temporary and contract employees provided by staffing firms is equal to or better than
their own regular employees. And eight out of 10 said that staffing companies offer a
good way to find people who can become permanent employees

By Steven P. Berchem, CSP, Vice President
American Staffing Association
  


In this issue:

•Staffing Employees: Motivated, Satisfied, Educated

• Thanksgiving Recipes

• Thanksgiving Quotes


Quote of the Month

"Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night."
-- Irving Berlin

 

    

Thanksgiving Recipes

Spiced Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients
Serves about 8

  • 2 cups pumpkin
  • 1/2 cup egg substitute
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 12 fluid ounces nonfat evaporated milk
  • 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • In a medium bowl, mix together the pumpkin, egg substitute, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice and nonfat evaporated milk.
  • Pour the pumpkin mixture into the pie crust. Bake in the preheated oven 1 hour, or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.

 

Perfect Turkey

Ingredients

  • 1 (18 pound) whole turkey, neck and giblets removed
  • 2 cups kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 2 large onions, peeled and chopped
  • 4 carrots, peeled and chopped
  • 4 stalks celery, chopped
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 cup dry white wine

Directions

  • Rub the turkey inside and out with the kosher salt. Place the bird in a large stock pot, and cover with cold water. Place in the refrigerator, and allow the turkey to soak in the salt and water mixture 12 hours, or overnight.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Thoroughly rinse the turkey, and discard the brine mixture.
  • Brush the turkey with 1/2 the melted butter. Place breast side down on a roasting rack in a shallow roasting pan. Stuff the turkey cavity with 1 onion, 1/2 the carrots, 1/2 the celery, 1 sprig of thyme, and the bay leaf. Scatter the remaining vegetables and thyme around the bottom of the roasting pan, and cover with the white wine.
  • Roast uncovered 3 1/2 to 4 hours in the preheated oven, until the internal temperature of the thigh reaches 180 degrees F (85 degrees C). Carefully turn the turkey breast side up about 2/3 through the roasting time, and brush with the remaining butter. Allow the bird to stand about 30 minutes before carving.

 

Thanksgiving Quotes

On Thanksgiving Day, all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment - halftime. ~ Author Unknown

Coexistence: What the farmer does with the turkey - until Thanksgiving. ~Mike Connolly

Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often. ~ Johnny Carson

From all of us at DES Employment Group, we wish you safe travels for this fast approaching holiday season.