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body shopping

body shopping noun: the practice of consultancy firms recruiting workers (generally in the information technology sector) to contract their services out on a tactical short- to medium-term basis.

Noun

body shopping (uncountable)

  1. (labour) The practice of consultancy firms recruiting workers (generally in the information technology sector) to contract their services out on a tactical short- to medium-term basis.
    • In body shopping, the client hires a consultant to do a task that he or she cannot do because of time or resource pressures. […] A client resorts to body shopping when deadlines are tight or there are not enough people to undertake the task in the time available; […].2016, Raj Aseervatham, You're the Boss: Growing and Selling a Successful Consulting Firm, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 11

Questions about body shopping

What does body shopping mean?
Body shopping means the practice of consultancy firms recruiting workers (generally in the information technology sector) to contract their services out on a tactical short- to medium-term basis.
What part of speech is body shopping?
Body shopping is a noun.

Words near body shopping in the dictionary

  1. body shapers
  2. body shapes
  3. body shell
  4. body shells
  5. body shop
  6. body shopping
  7. body shops
  8. body shot
  9. body shots
  10. body slam
  11. body slams

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