Brida Dooley

Good morning, Tom.

Employees are, I suppose, for the last two years, they've always been looking for stability.

They want flexibility.

They want the hybrid work and definitely want this work-life balance.

While salaries do matter, they do want a culture where they can... This is one of their major decision drivers.

So work-life balance is definitely the new currency.

Hybrid is no longer a perk.

It's an expectation as well.

But contracting, we did see that surge towards the end of quarter three.

particularly in the areas of finance, engineering and healthcare.

And employers, I suppose, had to use contracts to maintain output and flexibility while, you know, they were waiting for the budget and there was a little bit of economic landscape unsettled there, out there.

So contracting was becoming a more strategic part of the workforce model for companies.

And they were seeing, and it wasn't just a stock gap.

And contract, I suppose, it does benefit

both the employee and the employer, it does allow a lot more flexibility for the employee.

And we are seeing a lot more of the niche, skilled professionals looking for contract work.

That also allows the employer to align it and have more flexibility in their business too.

Absolutely.

We are seeing this more across, you know, the engineering side of it, the finance side of it, obviously the tech sector too as well.

And then we are seeing this in some of the health care sectors as well.