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		<title>Flexible Not Permanent</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current issue of BusinessWeek features a story on the pervasiveness of a flexible, temporary workforce.
It&#8217;s not hard to understand why.
The Great Recession has made everyone gun shy.  Using temporary workers is a way to hedge your bet.  Wait until you can be sure business is back before taking on the expense hiring [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The current issue of BusinessWeek features a story on the pervasiveness of a flexible, temporary workforce.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not hard to understand why.</p>
<p>The Great Recession has made everyone gun shy.  Using temporary workers is a way to hedge your bet.  Wait until you can be sure business is back before taking on the expense hiring full-time workers.</p>
<p>26% of America&#8217;s workforce are &#8220;non standard&#8221; &#8211; temps, contract workers, and part timers.  And from a risk-control perspective it makes sense.</p>
<p>But here&#8217;s a question:</p>
<p>Is your business part time?  Is serving your clients and customers a part-time gig?  How about sales?</p>
<p>The danger of a temporary work force is that they may have no real investment in your Company&#8217;s success.  Caring about the job is a paycheck thing, not a customer thing.</p>
<p>Investing to add a qualified member of your team or paying to have a specific task done or hours filled -</p>
<p>Which is the bigger risk?</p>
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