The desire for temporary work — and the number of temporary workers — is growing. Though every election creates some churn in the labor market, leaders at several temporary staffing agencies say they’re seeing an unprecedented number of job candidates and an uptick in requests for workers, exacerbated by a shrinking federal workforce and organizations freezing open positions as donations slide and the number of contracts decreases.
Unemployment in D.C. jumped by 12.2 percent in February compared with a year ago, and new unemployment claims are up 167 percent. The region’s suburbs are seeing similar trends — unemployment in Maryland’s Prince George’s County climbed to 3.3 percent in April, and in Fairfax County, Virginia, unemployment rose to 3.2 percent.
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