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68 July 2014 | beautystorebusiness.com PART-TIME WORKERS: A FULL-TIME CHALLENGE Here are tips and advice on how to hire and keep the best job applicants. by Phillip M. Perry GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN MANAGERS LOOKED upon part-time workers as dispensable resources of little value to the enterprise. Today's part-timers have become critical gears in the profit machine, performing many vital duties formerly handled by a trimmed-down permanent staff. "The whole business world is going in the direction of shorter-term work assignments and the hiring of people for specific projects," says Barbara Glanz (barbaraglanz.com), a management consultant based in Sarasota, Florida. And it's no secret why: Business owners are feeling the heat from rising labor and benefits costs. Why add more full-time workers goes the reasoning when part-timers can do the job just as well? And then there's the advantage of greater flexibility: Employers can add or subtract part-timers in response to variable—and unpredictable—business-activity levels. iStockphoto.com P a r t T i m e W o r k e r s _ A F u l l T i m e C h a l l e n g e . i n d d 6 8 Part Time Workers_A Full Time Challenge.indd 68 6 / 4 / 1 4 9 : 2 6 A M 6/4/14 9:26 AM