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In case you feel that these long hours of regular office are too much to handle, then something waiting for you is ‘temping’. The legal industry has increasingly turned to temporary staffing as a means to keep a lid on cost. Industry analyst estimate this figure that legal temporary staffing, whether for lawyers , paralegals, or clerks, represents a $300 to $500 million market, with growth rates of over 25 percent annually.

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We are at the starting of the economic recovery it is clear, with many positive signs from US companies and from abroad. This is likely to be a jobless recovery officially because the recession may have ended. But in a jobless recovery, profit increases but companies are conservative and don’t hire back those jobs which were cut during the recession. Employees are working harder because productivity increased and technology has allowed also for fewer workers.

Despite the present economic scenario, many employees, including six-figure managers and executives, have expressed that they feel powerless in negotiating with their employers. This is true whether the topic of negotiation is a raise, a promotion.

It’s hard to ignore that times have change when you hear every Tom, Dick and Harry talking about the recession that is happening today. Whether or not we are in recession is no longer the question. What is more relevant are the rising unemployment rate and the massive layoffs happening to many multinational companies.