From Temp to Permanent

As businesses become leaner the importance of focusing on core business has driven industries to turn to temping as an effective way of attracting talent while outsourcing burdensome, non-core administrative functions such as data administration, and general secretarial jobs.

Temporary recruitment services is a $140 billion business worldwide. While so far, the temping workforce was active in order to meet the short-term administrative assignments of companies to augment their permanent workforce during peak periods or replace sudden terminations, the current trend has seen corporates using temps for more specialized requirements. The demand for temporary workers has been fuelled by companies looking for greater workforce flexibility, faced with fast-paced market changes.

Many aspiring professionals choose temporary employment as an avenue to exhibit their talents to the client organization, which could be a stepping stone to a full-time permanent career. Temporary employment has often been an effective entry route into large reputable companies who often use temps to carry out administrative and secretarial roles.

Salary, career growth and moving onto a bigger brand are some of the reasons that make a temp employee shift to a permanent position. Pride, salary, additional benefits like medical insurance are the major reasons employees in temporary recruitment are eager to become permanent staff.