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The only thing that is constant in this world is 'change.' Employees in India are changing their views towards temporary jobs and companies are benefitting from this changing employee attitudes.  

Temporary staffing is well-established in the developed countries like the US, Japan, and Europe, and is gaining momentum in India at a rate of 35 to 40% despite the economic downturn in the country.

A large number of millennial employees in the age group 30-45 years are looking for flexible work timings. The Indian information technology sector has the highest temporary staffing as compared to the other industries. That's why many industries looking for IT professionals are now willing to partner with a temp agency to outsource short-term jobs and projects to knowledgeable candidates.

Let's first clear out what is temporary staffing and how it benefits businesses?

Temporary staffing is a hiring strategy that gives companies the flexibility to hire employees for a short-term project, thus helping them cut down staffing costs and determine the future needs based on the market fluctuations and temp workers' performance.

Employees who are hired on a temporary basis are not on your payroll. The temp agency to whom you have outsourced this work is responsible for their compensation, payroll, and other benefits.

With the benefits like reduced hassles, lower costs, and on-demand hiring, overseas companies are also hiring Indians for temporary assignments as it gives them the flexibility of hiring for a particular need at minimum cost. Temp jobs are a win-win situation for employees too. It gives them the flexibility to gain experience, explore new interests on a by-project basis, and find new career options.

Similar to the private sector in India, government sectors are also following the same path in selecting temporary staffing due to aforesaid advantages that employers get.

If you are still having doubts about temporary staffing, we have mentioned some of the top benefits that your business can get from this hiring strategy.

Cost-Effective Hiring: For instance, your company got a new project in which you need an experienced employee to complete it. You know that the project would take a maximum of 6 months to get done. Hiring a full-time employee with niche skills would be costly for you, as you will have to give him or her salary, incentives, paid leaves, insurance, provident fund, training, and other benefits. Hiring experienced, skilled professionals for short-term projects like the above one could resolve your problem at a lower cost.  

No Paperwork and Hassle: Temporary employees work on the payroll of your temp agency. So you don't have to worry about background verification, reference checking, and other paperwork. No hassle of onboarding or training your new employee as temp workers are adept at various technologies and work environments.

Temp Jobs Are Rising in Demand: Demand for temporary opportunities span several key industries like IT, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, and others. Thousands of new jobs will be added to the temporary employment industry in the coming months, plus the duration of temp jobs have also increased to 6 months or longer. With temporary staffing services, your business can remain agile and scale when you grow over the years while keeping expenses at a minimum.

Hire a New Temp Employee Easily When You're Not Satisfied: Terminating a full-time employee and hiring a new one to fill that post is a long and costly affair. But this is not the case with temporary workers. When you hire a temp agency in India to fill various vacant positions at your company, you get an added advantage. A temporary staffing agency gives you the flexibility to hire a new temp employee when you are not satisfied with the work and productivity of the previous one, that too at no extra cost. And, if you are satisfied with your temporary employee, you can convert him or her into a permanent one after proper performance evaluation during the employment period.

Conclusion

Many organizations are constantly in the dilemma of whether to go with permanent employees or temporary staffing. If your company has unpredictable workloads, short in cash, less time in hiring, don't want to take hassles related to paperwork and payroll, and want to hire experienced professionals at low cost, then go for temp staffing services.