Given the recent recession, clients requiring Integration assistance understand more than ever, the power of a contract (contingent/temp) workforce. The current U.S. contract workforce has grown to 2% of all employment, from a fraction of a percentage a decade or two ago. The contract workforce is estimated to grow to approximately 4% in next 5 to 6 years.
With little visibility into the future of economic, tax, and regulatory affairs, companies will charge forward with customer retention, product/service innovation, and new customer acquisition. However, they will do this with as flexible of a workforce as possible.