Staffing and recruiting industry market size in the U.S. 2012-2022

The staffing industry took a significant hit in 2020 owing to the coronavirus pandemic, however bounced back strong and had a record market size in 2022. This was worth nearly 220 billion U.S. dollars.Staffing and recruitingThe staffing and recruiting industry includes companies which help other organizations find staff. This can be achieved through either assisting companies to recruit new internal staff (recruiting), or directly providing temporary staff to fill specific functions (temporary or agency staffing). The temporary staffing segment is significantly larger than recruitment segment.Temporary workersContrary to popular belief, the number of temporary workers in the United States is not higher now than it was in the year 2000. Nor is the portion of temporary workers any larger in the U.S. than in other developed economies – in fact, it is lower than most. However, owing to the size of the overall economy, the U.S. temporary worker industry is the world’s largest. On average, temporary workers in the U.S. are engaged for 10 to 11 weeks.

2020年，受新冠疫情的严重影响，人力资源行业遭受了巨大冲击，然而行业迅速复苏，并在2022年创造了历史性的市场规模，达到了近2200亿美元。人力资源与招聘行业涵盖了一系列协助其他组织寻找员工的公司。这可以通过协助公司招募新内部员工（招聘）或直接提供临时员工以填补特定职能（临时或代理人力资源）来实现。与招聘领域相比，临时人力资源领域规模显著更大。临时工作者与普遍观点相反，美国临时工的数量并非如今高于2000年时的水平。实际上，美国临时工的比例在其他发达国家中并不算高，甚至低于大多数国家。然而，鉴于整体经济规模，美国临时人力资源行业已成为全球最大的行业。在美国，临时工的平均雇佣期限为10至11周。