Companies have long used contingent workers to help address workforce challenges—and the demand is now greater than ever.

Today, with the rise of remote and hybrid work, organizations can more easily expand their searches for talent in different markets, countries and populations—and this has also enabled companies to engage temporary and other types of contingent workers, a critical source of talent to help organizations confront the Great Resignation and quiet quitting. Staffing companies in the U.S. engaged 2.7 million temporary and contract workers per week on average in the first quarter of 2022. READ MORE