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In the nineteen-eighties and even more so in the nineties,
companies have found they have had to cut back on staff to reduce overall
costs enabling themselves to keep up with the competitive marketplace.
As some companies experienced, when business increased, they found they
then had to increase their staff but were not in a position to hire any
full-time staff due to budget restraints. Thus temporary positions were
the short-term solution.
Not only does this approach allow companies to
keep costs to a minimum but it also provides them with an extension to
their already existing human resources department. Staff can be utilized
for as little as an hour, or as long as necessary - even years in some
cases, without having to advertise, interview, reference check, hire,
provide a benefit package, extensively train personnel, only to find they
must 'layoff' that individual when business slows down.
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