A fire in the economic winter, flexible employment may replace the traditional employment model
It is difficult for enterprises to recruit workers, and it is also difficult to find jobs
In the new economic era, the traditional direct-employment model for employees has put companies in an unprecedented predicament. After ten phone calls for interviews, it is good to get two in the end; and the massive amount of resumes delivered from intermediate channels makes HR overwhelmed; Coupled with the many short-term, temporary and batch employment needs generated by scattered enterprises, the problem of difficult recruitment has become the "Sword of Damocles" for many enterprises.
From the perspective of employers, the more likely problems are that there is a large gap between expectations and reality, and the ability and dreams do not match well. Some people find that their work is different from what they thought even after taking a job. Now the post-95s, many people like to work for a period of time to earn money, go to play for a while, spend it and then go to work. Their mentality is not like the post-70s and 80s who pursue stability. Secondly, there is also a structural shortage of the labor force, and many young people are reluctant to engage in service industries or labor jobs, resulting in a large labor gap.
Under the combination of multiple reasons, it is difficult to find jobs, recruit people, and the phenomenon of serious mismatch is particularly obvious.
A fire in the economic winter, flexible employment may replace the traditional employment model
New manpower breaks: the new flexible employment model of "platform + individual" emerges
Through technological innovation and conceptual change, the Internet has not only brought about a variety of new industrial forms, but has also gradually led to the emergence of a new flexible employment model of "platform + individual". People can access any recruitment platform at any time to realize the contract performance of "on-demand gathering and dispersal", and it is not necessary to go to the company to complete the work from 9 to 5, which also makes the value of labor more play. On the other hand, the explosive development of the sharing economy in China has provided more fertile ground for the growth of the "platform + individual" model. In the era of sharing economy, with the continuous emergence of life service platforms such as travel and catering, positions and individuals such as catering waiters, takeaway deliverymen, sorters, and couriers are forming "strong binding" relationships with Internet + HRS companies .
Flexible working as an effective supplement to the traditional full-time model has quietly become popular in more and more industries such as catering, express logistics, and retail, and has become a new trend in the employment of human resources. Under flexible employment, individual job seekers no longer need to be hired by organizations to obtain labor qualifications or single binding, that is, if they want to work, they can find their suitable jobs through the flexible employment service platform; and for enterprises, this model can empower enterprises Faster response speed, use as you sign.
According to Randstad Sourceright's Q4 2017 Talent Trends report, more than half of the world's human capital leaders expect to convert one-third of their full-time jobs to flexible employment in the near future . The report's respondents included 700 global human capital leaders from 15 countries. The survey found that 61% of employers plan to replace 30% of their full-time positions with freelance, gig and independent contractors to make them more agile and flexible in a changing economy. Nearly 40% of surveyed employers expect they can reduce the impact of talent scarcity through an integrated recruiting strategy.
It can be said that the flexible use of work is a special model that runs through the entire economic activity, and the giant market capacity based on the ten trillion level will definitely become an opportunity for it.
A fire in the economic winter, flexible employment may replace the traditional employment model
Status of flexible workers
In recent years, the "new economy" has led to the emergence of new industries and new jobs. More and more flexible workers are resigning to start businesses, freelancers, part-timers and odd-job workers. Many professional doctors, university professors, and IT practitioners have also adopted flexible Employed to start a new job.
From the perspective of employment groups, the current flexible employment groups in China are mainly concentrated in three categories:
One is the blue-collar group mainly based on life service jobs and labor-intensive jobs;
The second is the mid-to-high-end technical positions required by the development of science and technology;
The third is employees in auxiliary functional positions with strong professionalism.
The reason why flexible employment attracts a large number of employed people is that it has a high degree of flexibility and autonomy, allowing everyone to gain a sense of happiness in freedom!
A fire in the economic winter, flexible employment may replace the traditional employment model
In some interviews and questionnaires, many freelancers are very fond of freelance work, which is reflected in the following three points:
First, the working hours and places of work are very free;
Second, you can freely choose the job you like;
Third, you can make your own vacations by yourself;
However, this has to pay a certain price, and its obstacles are from three aspects:
One is the incomprehension from family and surrounding relatives and friends;
Second, the change of work makes them feel insecure and anxious;
Third, freelancers are not treated equally in terms of social treatment and job opportunities.
Many flexible workers may also face such a problem, and the authenticity of information and welfare protection are their most concerned issues, but the current social security policy needs to be improved for the preferential protection of flexible workers.
However, the high degree of freedom and the opportunity to obtain higher income still attract a large number of employees of different identities to join!
The future development trend of flexible working
Finally, the future development trend of flexible employment can be analyzed from five aspects:
- Flexible employment will become the largest industry in China's human resources service industry, and surpass the United States to become the largest country in the world.
The "2017 "Flexible Employment" Ecological White Paper predicts that by 2025, the revenue of China's entire flexible employment industry will reach 12.4 trillion yuan.
The "Digital Economy 2.0 Report" released by China also predicts that the 8-hour working system will be broken in the next 20 years, and there are more than 400 million laborers in China who will realize self-employment and self-employment through the Internet, accounting for half of China's total labor force. above.
According to the 2017 White Paper on Flexible Employment, job seekers over the age of 50 account for about 1% of the major online platforms on average, and many retirees are re-employed through platforms, which is also a major factor in the development of flexible employment in China.
- From the talent I own to the talent I use, flexible employment may become the norm for enterprise employment.
Randstad's survey of 700 global human capital leaders in 15 countries shows that 61% of employers plan to replace 30% of full-time positions with freelance, gig and independent contractors to enable them to thrive in a changing economy Be more agile and flexible.
In China, from large companies such as Huawei, Alibaba, JD.com, and Tencent, down to small and medium-sized companies, they have adjusted their organizational structures, actuarially and optimized fixed employees, and shifted the vacated positions to part-time and project-based systems with lower transaction costs. and other forms of hourly labor to create higher value at lower costs, resulting in a substantial increase in related labor demand.
In addition, many companies are also transforming into platform-based companies, which are becoming more inclusive of employees. From restricting employees' work to encouraging employees to start their own businesses and become company partners, flexible employment is becoming a new type of business that enterprises need!
A fire in the economic winter, flexible employment may replace the traditional employment model
- Flexible employment may become one of the main businesses of many human resource service companies in China.
Today, although the flexible employment industry is still in its infancy, many human resource service companies have completed their business transformation, using flexible employment as their pillar business, and have achieved good returns. For example, China's first A-share human resources service company - Career International.
According to its official data, in 2016, the operating income of flexible employment reached 461 million yuan, accounting for 53.14% of the overall revenue. The annual report for the first half of 2018 shows that the flexible employment business achieved revenue of 428 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 43.32%, accounting for 53.14% of the total revenue. The proportion was 59.03%, which was only 45.68% in 2014.
In addition, a large number of human resource service companies have also adopted flexible employment as one of their pillar businesses and core products, and have completed or are in the process of shifting their business focus to the direction of flexible employment.
As the flexible employment market continues to mature, more HR service companies will join, and even some oligarchs from other industries will be attracted to enter the market!
Fourth, flexible employment will be widely used in emerging fields.
With the rise of new technologies, new applications, and new industries, as well as the concept of "shared talents" that has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, more and more companies have begun to hire some professional talents to join for a short time.
Enterprises are faced with huge operational risks, and scarce talents have to pay high labor costs when hiring. However, recruiting is likely because the industry is in the early stage of development, and customers do not have relevant business in the short term because they do not understand the product, resulting in poor work. Saturated human resource consumption.
Hiring professionals to join for a short period of time can avoid such situations to the greatest extent.
For individuals, in order to maximize their own value, they will also form a partnership with enterprises when they have a choice, which can not only avoid gaps, but also flexibly arrange their working hours and give themselves the opportunity to choose a job. right.
Therefore, whether it is a business perspective or a personal perspective, flexible employment has a high market in emerging fields and will be widely used!
Fifth, flexible employment will promote the balance of high-end human capital between regions.
The overall flow of freelancers is from developed cities with high living costs and fast pace to small cities with low living costs and slow pace, but this trend does not apply to high-end talents, especially high-end technical talents in emerging fields.
Because in developed cities, the relevant supporting facilities are more complete, and there are more opportunities to obtain jobs. More importantly, because the emerging fields are in a stage of rapid development, both technical means and theoretical knowledge are rapidly being updated.
Developed cities are generally the frontiers of technological innovation, in which they can obtain relevant theoretical knowledge and technical means at the first time, so as to prevent themselves from being eliminated by the industry.
Since most high-end technical talents are concentrated in developed cities, it is difficult for other cities to acquire high-end technical talents if they want to develop emerging industries, even if they offer high welfare benefits.
Therefore, the talent sharing mechanism has become an important measure to promote the balance of high-end human capital between regions. Governments in some regions have issued relevant documents, and party and government agencies in some regions have also put forward relevant measures and suggestions.