Temporary Workers and Alternative Staffing

• To supplement the permanent workforce – hire contingent or

temporary workers – part-time or just-in-time workers
• Why temp?
• 1. continue weak economic confidence among employers
• 2. trend toward organization around short-term projects
• 3. flexibility
• 4. to try-out prospective employees
• 5. temps are generally paid only when they’re working – not for day off
but more cost per hour than permanent employees
Temporary Workers and Alternative Staffing

• Temps are example of alternative staffing – use of nontraditional

recruitment source
• Other alternative staffing – in-house temporary employees who are
employed directly by the company but on explicit short-term basis
• Contract technical employees – highly skilled workers for long-term
projects under contract from an outside technical services firms