ABC Department Store typically sells over a third of all its merchandise in the last two months of the year.Management has found that it must hire _______workers during this period of increased business to supplement its permanent employees.

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Contingent workers are temporary employees hired to supplement the permanent workforce during periods of increased business. This is exactly what ABC Department Store needs during the last two months of the year when it sells over a third of all its merchandise. Journeymen are skilled workers who have completed an apprenticeship, codependent refers to a relationship between two parties where one cannot function without the other, and nontenured refers to academic faculty who are not on a tenure track. None of these terms accurately describe the type of workers needed by ABC Department Store.

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