This includes laboratory science professionals, engineers, information technology professionals, and experts in other technical fields. According to Kleiner, at KSR there are two lists of science professionals and technicians. The second is a database of 30,000-40,000 science professionals and technicians who may or may not be available for immediate assignment. KSR's account managers must contact people on this list to determine their availability. Job continuity is replacing job security.
Temporary work is one way professionals can stay continuously employed.
Buetler says about 20 percent of Lab Support's employees in their first assignments are hired by the client company for regular, full-time positions. As a result, ACS is taking an increased interest in the employment situations of chemical professionals at temporary employment firms. For example, the draft of the sixth edition of the ACS Professional Employment Guidelines, prepared by members of this committee, specifically includes chemical professionals in temporary employment, as well as the contracting firms that provide temporary employee services and the client firms who use their services. There's nothing permanent in this day and age. You never have a greater permanent job than you do when you have a set of skills you can market easily and sell to anybody.