The Indian temporary job market will see its contribution to overall hiring numbers rise

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to 18 per cent from the current 11–14 per cent in the first quarter of 2010, according to a TeamLease study.

Rajesh A R, vice-president, Temporary Staffing, TeamLease Services, said, “The Indian temporary staffing market is fast maturing and employers are giving due recognition and rewarding them well. There is evidence that people retention and longevity is positively impacted by a fair distribution of salary increments in tandem with skill levels.”

He added that with the organised sector recognising temping as a key people staffing strategy, temp staffing practices have evolved considerably.

Rajesh also pointed out that as per an Indian government data, there are about 420 million workers in India, in both organised and unorganised sector, and of this, 80 million account for temporary staffs. In the organised sector the number of temporary workers is about 4-5 lakh.

However, there remains a flip side to the growth in hiring. “Most industries have slackened increment structures and kept salary revisions and growth to the minimum,” Rajesh said.

The report revealed that, in general, organisations have kept salary growth at very modest single digits, the median growth statistic being 5.25 per cent. However, a significant number of employers rewarded select profiles with decent increments.