The Workforce Could Be Up To Half Temp

By 2020, half of the workforce at Fortune 100 companies could be temporary/contractors/freelancers, according to a University of Minnesota professor.

And the temp industry has regained 87 percent of the jobs it lost during the recession, says U.S. News & World Report. Private employers as a whole have only recovered half the jobs shed in the recession.

Temporary hiring is supposed to precede full-time hiring, as cautious employers get back into hiring with employees who are easy to let go in case of another sudden downturn.

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