Due to the current economic recession, hiring patterns are going through a huge sea change. To lessen payroll burden while at the same time keeping an appropriate bench of skilled employees, organizations are moving away from traditional hiring for permanent positions and more towards hiring temporary (contract), part-time, trainees, interns or even outsourcing the function or position. By maintaining such a mix of staff an organization can also identify and control the quality of people it absorbs in the long term (permanent staff). Some of the emerging trends in organizational hiring are as follows: 1. Flexible work planning – Many organizations have started initiating flexible work hours which allows employees to have more freedom with the time they spend in the office. Working from home (telecommuting), alternate work schedule, job sharing, compressed work week and sabbaticals are being rapidly adopted and used. 2. New recruitment tools – apart from using the traditional methods li...