"Gurus, Hired Guns and Warm Bodies" with Professor Stephen R. Barley

Please join us for a very relevant and topical discussion about the trend, especially in high-tech areas, to replace permanent employees with temporary workers and independent contractors to cut labor costs and enhance flexibility. While this discussion should be of interest to anyone working in high-tech, it's particularly relevant to engineers working as contractors or considering working as a contractor as well as managers who hire contractors for their project teams. Attendee's will learn about the opportunities and challenges they will face in a career as an independent contractor and about how the market for contractors really operates.

Date and Time:

Tuesday, October 11, 2005. 7:00 PM.
Approximate duration of 1.5 hour(s).

Location:

Skilling Auditorium [Map]

URL:

http://soe.stanford.edu/alumni/speaker.html

Audience:

Alumni/Friends

Category:

Lectures/Readings

Sponsor:

School of Engineering

Contact:

6-2244
abeattie@Stanford.edu

Admission:

Free-RSVP Required
Stephen R. Barley is the Charles M. Pigott Professor of Management Science and Engineering and the co-director of the Center for Work, Technology and Organization at Stanford's School of Engineering. He is the author of the new book “Gurus, Hired Guns and

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Last Modified:

October 5, 2005