The Manager's Pocket Guide to Interviewing and Hiring Top Performers

Niche/Contract Employees

Many organizations are hiring niche/contract employees who specialize in a certain area to work on a particular project. These employees can prove to be very valuable. Hiring them alleviates the problem of hiring a full-time person for a project and then having extra staff after the project is over. For example, if your training department is facing an extensive restructuring of program and products, you can contract someone to come in during the timeline of the project. You may have to pay them a little more than you are paying your traditional employees, but you will save in recruiting and training costs, benefit costs, and the expense of having a redundant staff after the need is gone. Find out who specializes in the ...