She now runs the whole department to which we supply employees. From temporary to permanent Wolverine Temporaries Inc. offers similar services at no fee to the employee. The temporary agencies themselves must remain competitive in that employee's market. Wolverine offers specialized skills training, medical benefits, insurance, a 401K retirement plan, plus paid vacation and holidays. Some of these benefits don't kick in until the employee has been with Wolverine for three to six months, Parker said.
Few companies provide hard statistics in that area.
About ten to 20 percent of Accountemps employees find permanent positions through the temp agency, which specializes in financial services, estimated Kevin Bourland, staffing manager of the Ann Arbor office. More than two-thirds of Manpower's employees become direct employees of the companies they contract with, according to Carlson. Roberts' clients at the Washtenaw service center have reported mixed success with temporary jobs leading to permanent positions, she said. At the Michigan Works Livingston County Service Center, Director William Sleight said manufacturing firms are most likely to use temporary services for finding permanent employees. Some companies do still use temps in the more traditional sense as fill-ins for people on leave from office jobs.