Will “quiet hiring” become the next big trend affecting labor just as the “great resignation” and “quiet quitting” did before it?
The practice, defined as when an organization acquires new skills without actually hiring new full-time employees, may involve taking on short-term contractors or encouraging current employees to temporarily assume different tasks or new roles.
“The reality for the next year is — whether or not we go into a recession — everyone’s a little nervous,” Emily Rose McRae, who leads the future of work and talent analytics research teams in Gartner’s HR Practice, told CNBC. “In a lot of cases, organizations are not necessarily doing a hiring freeze, or layoffs, but maybe slowing down a little bit on their hiring.”
