Employers in the Netherlands see more and more the benefits of temporary contracts for strategic personnel . The demand for temporary workers is also expected to increase this year. It is a worldwide trend.
According to research by Page Personnel among more than 13 thousand employers and professionals on temporary work and interim management the popularity of temporary contracts has tremendously increased.
Testing newcomers
Dutch employers indicate that see as the main benefits for temporary labor 2 things: the flexibility ( 91 percent ) and responding to the short term needs ( 85 percent ). Another reason for temporary workers is that employers have a better chance to ’recognize’ and chose a suitable employee for a fixed position ( 63.3 percent ) . They see this as a good way to test their r newcomers.
30.8 percent of the Dutch employers expect to make more use of temporary workers this year ( this is 34 percent globally ) , and 42.2 percent expect their use of temporary workers will remain the same ( equal 44.2 percent in the rest of the world).
The Netherlands leads
Compared to the rest of the world the growth in The Netherlands stays behind, according to Joost Fortune , Executive Director at Page Personnel. This due to the fact that secondment and temporary work is a fairly new phenomena in other countries, while in the Netherlands it is a way of doing business for a long time. "It is much more a part of our work philosophy . Netherlands is so ahead the rest of the world . "
According to Fortune , temporary work has become a permanent part of our society. " Temporary work was always seen as self-employed or work for students who otherwise would not come to the bin , but that vision is changing, which became evident from our research. The economic crisis we are in, is now used as a steppingstone to admit that temporary work is becoming the norm , "he says. "And I think that's a good development because the flexibility in the labor market increases your mobility and allows the much more efficient use of talent ." Read the full report