...services with 4 percent fewer workers."One of the indicators of recovery is a turnaround in the fortunes of temporary employment services. Generally employers, unsure of the recovery's economic stability and leery of adding employees who will...

...The weakness was widespread, with losses at bars and restaurants, department stores, car dealers and temporary employment services. But manufacturers continued to be the hardest hit. The decline in total payrolls followed a 140,000 gain...

...December's loss of 124,000 jobs reflected continued declines in manufacturing, retail, air transportation and temporary employment services. But the hemorrhaging slowed somewhat last month. Job losses had averaged about 400,000 a month in October...

...month in a row, the Labor Department reported Friday. Cuts came largely in manufacturing, construction and temporary employment services. Those job losses were largely offset by gains in the service sector. The good news is the country's employment...

...particularly vulnerable to the recession because many work in manufacturing, air transportation, hotels and temporary employment services -- industries that have been among the hardest hit by the downturn, some minority advocates say. "The...