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 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 […]
Treat Them Right
Organizations hiring full-time employees dedicate significant time and resources to address jobseeker satisfaction. And it is increasingly common for them to employ a dedicated candidate experience or recruitment marketing team tasked with optimizing the practice. Leading brands realize they are […]
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
- Getting the Most of CWS Summit DallasPosted by Frank Enriquez on August 23, 2017 at 2:00 pm
As I prepare for Staffing Industry Analysts’ CWS Summit North America conference, my first as an employee of SIA, I wondered how attendees may not reap the full benefits of the investment in […]
- Hiring New Staff: How to Gather the Perfect TeamPosted by Laura Buckler on August 22, 2017 at 5:30 pm
Building a team doesn’t have to be difficult. Believe me, I know. When I was tasked with developing a new team of writers, I had no idea how to begin. I had no previous experience of the hiring […]
- The State of Healthcare Recruitment: A Conversation with Rachel Mayse of Pride HealthPosted by Matt Fischer on August 22, 2017 at 3:30 pm
The healthcare staffing sector is ripe with opportunity, but is facing challenges amid today’s talent shortage. According to Staffing Industry Analysts, the U.S. temporary healthcare market is […]
- How Does Your ATS Affect the Candidate Experience?Posted by Kevin O'Brien on August 21, 2017 at 7:09 pm
Less than a decade ago, the staffing industry was desperately hunting down prospective clients that hadn’t succumbed to a hiring freeze in the face of the Great Recession. The aftermath of […]
Latest Research
- August 2017 Financial Results
Key Findings In our prior report, issued in June, we saw a slight reversal back into positive growth territory in terms of the median among publicly traded staffing companies doing business in North […]
- 2017 Staffing Co. Survey Initial Findings
Key Findings: This insight contains the initial findings of the 2017 Staffing Company Survey for staffing firms primarily operating in North America. It includes the complete survey questions and […]
- US Pay Rate Rangefinder 2017
The US Pay Rate Rangefinder was created to help staffing firms benchmark their pay rates for occupations against local, state and national wage data. The tool contains data on 820 detailed […]
- SI Report Webinar - August 2017
The August Staffing Industry Report webinar features an update on the latest technology for staffing firms, what drives internal employee satisfaction and a tutorial on using the 2017 US Staffing […]