Build On-Demand Teams Instead of Hiring Employees
With the pace of change ever escalating, entrepreneurs today can't afford to acquire talent through traditional hiring alone, and need to revise the perception that "talent" is only full-time employees. At the same time, more people in the workplace don't want to be "employees." According to an Intuit study, that number is quickly rising and will approach 40 percent by 2020.
The answer to both is a new fast and flexible talent strategy based on freelancers, consultants, experts, and specialists, who are part of the new "1099 economy" including Baby Boomers and Millennials. I just finished a new book, "Navigating the Talent Shift," with convincing arguments for this approach by Lisa Hufford, Founder of Simplicity Consulting talent solutions.
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