Although based in the San Francisco area, I will travel outside Northern California to give Workshops to groups of 40 or more paid participants. The Contract Employee's Workshop is also available for corporate outplacement training, and I welcome inquiries from corporate HR departments. The economy is stronger than ever, business is booming, and corporations are struggling to hire qualified, skilled workers so they can compete in today's marketplace. Workers in Silicon Valley commute up to 150 miles round trip to earn big bucks in that burgeoning high-tech enclave. Affordable housing in the area is virtually non-existent.
Traffic is impossible.
And yet, the region continues to grow. The constant churning of the workforce reflects a profound restructuring of work in America. Companies are slashing middle management to facilitate transformation from a traditional, vertically integrated organization to a horizontally networked organization. Corporate deadwood and expensive long-term employees are getting the axe, and whole departments are being eliminated in the pursuit of strategic flexibility. In their efforts to stay competitive, companies are now looking outward to a multitude of outsourcing solutions powered by a workforce of contingent employees.