Gig economy, side hustle, agile workforce; all terms of an ever-changing business world.
Local business leaders hearing about how the era of long term employees may be coming to an end during Friday morning's Real American Sunrise event hosted by the Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce. Spherion of Lima CEO, Karen Grothouse, explaining that the current workforce is becoming a blend of full-time employees and contingent employees that may only work a few days to a few years with more than one job.
"We have a talent shortage in our workforce, so if you want to have your workforce full, you may have to look into somebody that's interested in doing a side hustle or a side gig, and allow them to work with your workforce and have a blended workforce, it's okay," explained Karen Grothouse, CEO of Spherion of Lima.
According to an emerging workforce study, the use of contingent workers has increased in the last 9 years from 6.6% to 29%.
