Companies cut employees, hire contractors instead

Source: HR Specialist – 01/31/2023 Layoffs are in the news again. Some 60,000 employees nationwide have been let go since Jan. 1, according to layoffs-tracking website Layoffs.fyi, mostly in the tech, media, and finance sectors. But research conducted by ResumeBuilder.com in January suggests some job cuts aren’t a response to lower consumer demand in a sluggish economy …