Medium Size Companies Lead HR Outsourcing

Medium-sized companies are set to lead the way in signing HR outsourcing deals during 2005, after a large rise in contracts last year. In 2004, for the first time, 'mid-to-large' businesses - as opposed to 'large to very large' businesses - dominated HR outsourcing, according to analyst firm Datamonitor.

Companies with between 5,000-25,000 employees did more broad-based business processing outsourcing deals including HR functions, according to Datamonitor. In the past, companies with more than 25,000 employees were the ones signing HR outsourcing deals.

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