Description
The labour force, especially in the professional services market, is splitting into two parts — traditional employees (those with salaries, benefits, regulated work and hours) and non-traditional (contingent) employees who are not employed full-time due to other priorities they have in life. This book takes a closer look at the white-collar workforce, and more specifically, knowledge workers who work on a project basis, without tying themselves to traditional employer-employee relationships. These “freelancers” possess a tremendous amount of knowledge, skill, and ability that if the firms that employ them on a project basis wish to retain in the long run, they must reconsider their HRM strategies, especially in regards to recruiting, retention and motivation. In short, the main theme of this book is about identifying, defining, and implementing talent management strategies for effective management of non-traditional knowledge employees in an organization.
