The Financial Express reports an expected increase in contract staffing in Tier 2 and 3 cities in India with companies becoming more open to their employees working anywhere. The estimated additional number of contract employees to be added by the IT-BPM this year is about 25,000. Now that physical presence in the workplace has become less important, organizations may look to hire not in the top 40 cities but in the next 200 smaller towns, Indian Staffing Federation Lohit Bhatia believes. This presents advantages for IT companies to expand and set up office in small towns and recruit locally.
