I  have said it before many times that RPO is slowly moving towards a phase where people have to start innovating to find means of spotting talent. We have seen how social media and other sources of hiring is gaining pace. But when it comes to recruiting “types” of employment, we are going to see an increased number of employment types that are being put to use by the organizations.  This is not something new, but it is moving at a rate where we can say that it is going to become a necessity rather than being a luxury.

I was reading the above comment on an article that speaks about non-traditional ways of employment over the last few years and somebody pointed out that that industry has already moved towards few of the solutions without even getting observed. The number of contingent workforce that is employed by the organizations have scaled up to high levels, and except in cases where employers are trying to protect some intellectual property, the trend will continue to be so.

2010 will see a continuous rise in Temp, contract, and consulting work. More and more factors are pointing towards the fact that such will be the case. More and more organizations are seeking employers with miscellaneous and multiple skill sets. I myself have experienced this situation for the company I work for, and it will continue to be so. Both the facts are connected—since such employees who have multiple skills and such people would like to use their experience to work for more people. On the other hand, companies would want to employ such people more, and hence they would even agree for a temporary assignment for such people.

This fact directly relates to the fact more and more young people are ready to downsize their life styles and ready to offer skills which do not put them under pressure. Employers and contingent labor companies who provide services to hire temp workers have to keep these things in mind when trying to source talent. We believe there will be at least 2x times temp hiring in 2010 then 2009.

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