The numbers.

• Position: Work Opportunity Tax Credits; amount lost to IRS phone call scams; and statistics of evaluating someone's work background - Brief article

$721M

Amount of Work Opportunity Tax Credit that was claimed on returns between Jan. 1 and Dec. 302012.

--TIGTA

$5M

Amount lost by roughly 1,100 victims of IRS phone call scams.

--IRS

51

The percent of senior managers interviewed who said, when it comes to evaluating someone's work background, a long period of consistent temporary assignments is comparable to full-time employment.

--Office Team

$37,952

The average amount of mortgage debt per American as of September 2013.

--Urban Institute

46

Percent of budgets parents expect to spend on electronics for kids going back to school.

--Amex

59

Percent of...