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Rise of the Recruiting & Staffing Industry

Recruiting firms. Executive search firms. Headhunters. Staffing agencies. Temp agencies. Human resources.   Despite 2 recessions in the past 10 years and continuously high unemployment rates across the U.S., human resource departments always seem to have more work to do than time to complete the work. Sure, HR has been downsized as much as any other department, but from where is all this work coming?   Furthermore, how can there be any hiring if there are no jobs? Who is interviewing these days? No one seems to be getting interviews. Contrary to popular belief, companies--at least the successful ones--are always looking to hire new employees, whether or not public job listings or ads say so.  Companies always need to stay competitive and solve problems for themselves and their clients and customers. To solve these problems, employers need people--someone needs to analyze, critically think, and take action.  As HR sees reductions in numbers of employees or ceases to exist