If you are running a small business and business slows, then you have some unpleasant options to consider. First, you could do nothing and continue to lose money via idle workers. Second, you could keep all of your staff and cut hours (furlough). The last, and hardest option, is to fire some of your workforce. None of these are great options.
That is where Talent-on-Demand comes in. When work starts to slow, you post that you have idle workers with a given skill set. Another company who is experiencing what they think might be a temporary spike in demand, could request to “rent” your employees for a few weeks to a few months. Your employees would then have the option to temporarily work for the business experiencing a spike in business while remaining on your payroll. The business needing the help would pay you and that money would help you keep the idle staff while your demand is low. When business picks up, your employees could return and everything goes back to normal. When you hire a new employee, they can opt-in (or opt-out) of this program.
This idea benefits all parties: the worker doesn’t get fired or furloughed, the original employer gets some value from what otherwise would be an idle resource, and the other company gets skilled temporary workers at a discounted price.
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