Last week’s 2018 World Employment Conference — a meeting of staffing industry organizations from around the globe and large staffing firms — showed a world of work seemingly of opposites, according to a report by the World Employment Confederation, which put on the event. “People want flexibility in how and where they work but they also want security regarding their social rights. Labor markets must be agile to adapt to changing demand for skills; yet they should also remain stable to guarantee employment prospects,” according to the article.