We might also find attitudinal shifts in large sectors of the employing population for example and acceptance that their occupational lives will feature more temporary and short term contract work. Public sector employment Public sector workers have not been immune to change although they may still be seen, by those in the private sector, as having jobs that are in safe, secure labour market shelters. Yet we have seen organisational and job change in town halls, schools, the public utilities and the health service. Another approach to segmenting labour market may throw further light on how employers seek to employ different kinds of labour. Different staffing and planning approaches may be adopted for each segment.
Employees become the problem of the contractor.
Core staff Those who have organisationally-specific skills and can exercise high levels of problem solving and discretion in their job roles. They are essential to the firm s functional flexibility. Peripheral staff Various staff groups may come in this category e.g. those employed to do low discretion work on part-time, temporary, fixed term and casual contracts. Such groups can include personnel consultants or specialists e.g. someone brought in to develop a training package. As trainees an who may on completion of training and appraisal may be invited into the core.