Off roll staffing assignments refers to those jobs when you as a company look to hire people on third party payroll on a permanent or temporary basis. This concept is fairly new concept in professional services.

Contract staffing involves hiring employees on a temporary basis whereas the contracting companies are under no obligation to make them full time employees. Contract employees are offered to work at the customers sites for the amount of time that the customers need to utilize their skills. The time period is usually pre-specified or can be project based also.