Many professionals are now opting for part-time work that better fits their busy lifestyles, personal schedules, and family needs. And with more Boomers entering retirement, there is a rise of retirees looking to supplement their time and income with part-time work.
So, for our October question of the month, we want to know if your company offers part-time work and if job seekers are looking for part-time work at your organization. Let us know by voting in our poll!
While an employee may request to go to part-time if the business need is for a full-time position we probably wouldn’t approve the status change. If however the decision was made to have a part-time person we could look at hiring two part-time.
Part time is typically only offered to employees that have worked here and retired / semiretired but still want to work a reduced schedule for a while. Approval is dependent on production needs.
Part time also offered to students in final phase of senior year of high school, college or trade school then convert to full time once school is completed.