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As the gig economy grows, today’s HR professionals must be more agile than ever before.
According to an annual review of the labour market by Statistics Canada, the number of employees with temporary jobs grew at a faster rate than those with permanent jobs in 2017. But this is actually nothing new, temporary employees have outpaced those in permanent roles since 1997. What hasn’t changed at quite the same rate is the way the recruitment process is conducted, to keep up with market changes and the agility of some of today’s best talent.
Today’s HR professionals are often challenged with having to hire quickly in order to keep up with the demands of short-term employment requirements. In a bid to make fast hiring decisions and secure much-needed resources, critical recruitment processes are often fast-tracked.
One element that is regularly overlooked is reference checking. But while the growing gig economy requires employers to be nimble, foregoing the reference checking...