Mission Possible
It was a good year for healthcare staffing providers. They took eight of the top 10 spots on Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2017 list of Fastest-Growing Staffing Firms in the US. In addition, staffing providers listing healthcare as one of their top segments represented 35% of firms on the list. Information […]
Features
Sponsored Content: Are You in Control of Your Firm’s Rep?
From a potential client checking online reviews of your company to a job applicant checking with his or her network before sending a résumé, you can safely assume anyone engaging with a staffing firm today can — and will — […]
Piece by Piece
Mergers and acquisitions are a common feature of the ever-evolving staffing industry landscape. Roughly 8% of US staffing firms are acquired in any given year, according to an estimate last year by Staffing Industry Analysts, the publisher of this magazine. […]
Changing Colors
Talent marketplaces, online staffing, crowdsourcing, human cloud — they all add up to an ever-increasing collection of terminology to describe the connection of people with work. And then there is the freelancer management system, or FMS, one of the now-venerable […]
Online Showcase
The Next Industrial Revolution
You may, or may not, be aware that the Fourth Industrial Revolution came upon us a couple of years ago. Each of its predecessors had been powered by the invention of ground-breaking new technologies; the First, in the 1780s, came […]
The Barbell Effect
Independent work has evolved from “something you do when you can’t get a real job” to a viable, coveted way for many to work, and data from MBO Partners’ 2017 State of Independence in America support that trend. In fact, […]
Beyond the Hype
Contingent workforce buyers and suppliers have always kept an eye on metrics, but now machine learning aims to automate and speed up the analysis of data.
Last November, Google announced its Cloud Jobs API, which uses machine learning to enable job-seekers […]
Recent Columns
Survival of the Fittest
In a 2001 interview, I said, “You can’t move forward if you’re looking back.” I was recently reminded that survival in this ever-changing industry shouldn’t be taken for granted. With increasing customer demands and technology evolving daily, we are blessed to be one of the few companies that has survived and prospered. As I think about the “Fastest-Growing Staffing Firms” in this issue’s cover story, I reflect on what has helped us and other successful firms scale and thrive in an industry that has changed drastically over the last two decades.
Twenty-two years ago, Kforce (then known as Romac International) joined […]
Benefit of Counsel: Guard Your Interests
It has long been common practice for employers to use restrictive covenant agreements to safeguard […]
Research Report: Benchmark & Conquer
The Art of War, a fifth century Chinese military treatise attributed to military strategist Sun […]
Your Company’s Big Idea
No matter your role, there is an underlying force and energizing theme that drives your […]
Practice Makes Permanent
With today’s labor market and buyers being as sophisticated as they’ve ever been, sales has […]
The Staffing Stream
- If You’re in Staffing Today, You’ll Have to Be in On-Demand Staffing TomorrowPosted by Roderick Smyth on September 25, 2017 at 5:30 pm
Regardless of your sector, you have come across mention of the ‘gig economy’ — the growing trend where organiztions contract with independent workers for short-term employment. […]
- Safe Harbor Designation for Independent Professionals Good for the USPosted by Gene Zaino on September 25, 2017 at 3:30 pm
At present, 31% of the American workforce is self-employed. In the next five years, those numbers will swell dramatically, and by 2022, 50% of the private sector will either be independent or will […]
- How to be a Profit Center to Your ClientPosted by Michael Neidle on September 22, 2017 at 3:30 pm
Are you focused on providing the least expensive product or service to your prospects and clients instead of providing a proposition that increases their profits? It’s very easy to cut your […]
- 3 Mistakes that Keep Your Staffing Firm from GrowingPosted by Kevin O'Brien on September 21, 2017 at 3:30 pm
Every staffing firm dreads hitting a plateau in their growth, especially after previously experiencing success expanding their production, placements, and revenue. What causes growth to flatten out […]
Latest Research
- Temp Flow Metrics: Quits, Conversions, Etc.
Key Findings: Respondents to our 2017 Staffing Firm Survey were asked about rates at which temporary worker candidates: declined an offer, were fired, quit an assignment early, had their assignment […]
- Highest-Return Internal Staff Training
Key Findings: Respondents to our 2017 Staffing Firm Survey were asked: “Of the training you have offered internal staff, which type would you say had the highest bang-to-buck return on […]
- SI Report Webinar - September 2017
Twice a year SIA releases our predictions of where the US staffing market is headed. In September we look back to see whether our estimates in April were on target and look ahead for what’s to […]
- US Staffing Forecast: September 2017
Key Findings We project the US temporary staffing market to grow 3% in 2017 and then 3% again in 2018, reaching a market size of $126 billion in revenue next year. Though we do not project growth to […]