“Covid-19 has accentuated the demand for task-based temp hiring. To be sure, task-based staffing differs from temporary hiring, which is not necessarily outcome-driven. “When we employ people for task-based hiring, their biggest apprehension is that this is a task-based job and there is no security. So, he prefers to wait out for a temp job than a task-based one," said Mittal at Gigforce. To some, task-based hiring is also a stop-gap arrangement till they find full-time employment.

Source: Mint November 21, 2020 00:00 UTC