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U.S. staffing execs discount weak jobs report

Date: 
January 28, 2011

A weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report, including a slowdown in the growth of temporary payrolls, paints a bleaker picture of the current jobs recovery than do business conditions, staffing industry experts say.

The government jobs data for January and February will be more meaningful, executives said on Friday, after the government showed 103,000 jobs added outside the farm sector last month, far fewer than forecast.

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