The rest are short term, usually one or two days. Some workers are new in town. Some are in between jobs. Others are looking for a second income. Welfare reform has helped boost the pool of workers.
Some people come in from out of town.
They don't know where to go. We help them during the bad stops. I love getting work. Locally, about 700 men and women are placed in jobs daily from offices in Sacramento, West Sacramento, south Sacramento, Rancho Cordova and Roseville. Each day, job-seekers start lining up well before the doors open at 5 a.m. to be the first to sign in and get a crack at jobs available that day.