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Employers: Embrace the part time/ interim work force

Guest post by: Bill Wynn

Article Overview: Bill Wynn, Managing Director of Project Resource discusses why employers should embrace the part-time/ interim workforce and the benefits this can bring.

Employers: Embrace the part time/ interim work force

In my previous blog post titled Employers: Are you ready, the future recruitment landscape? I made references to the different views that the population has to work and the aging population, 2010 and beyond.

There are great people, with great skills, that will be great for your business; however, they may want to work part-time, flexi-time, fixed-term contract, reduced contract, or full time. Project Resource has acknowledged this and several of our team work in this manner, which works for them, and works for us. For example, our experienced Non-Executive Directors John O'Sullivan and Phil Holt both work part-time for us, and Claire Light our Client Services Manager, and Karen Ingram our Internal Recruiter both work 4 day weeks, as this suits their life and we have worked hard to incorporate this into our business. Does your company take the same view? Do you have staff working in a part-time or interim or freelance capacity?

Some points for employers to consider:

• demand for flexible working patterns by both workers and employers is set to gather pace in the coming years and will play a greater role in the employment relationship;

• the predominant employment relationship of the future will be the same as now, between employers and employees;

• consequently, negotiating flexible working patterns may become key; and

• while part-time working will continue to grow, the relatively stable trends in full-time employment will demand even more innovative approaches to achieving flexibility in the workplace.

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