‘I hope to be the chief threat to the VMS’
* Photograph by Andrea Flanagan
The IQNavigator/Beeline merger, announced in December 2016, made waves in our ecosystem, creating new alliances and reshaping old. Along with the merger, Beeline was spun off from Adecco to private equity firm GTCR. The new, combined company is the second-largest VMS provider, according to data from […]
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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 […]
Sponsored Content: The Old Order No More
Last month, the US hit the significant milestone of our president’s first 100 days in office. The first few months of the new administration have been marked by significant changes, and we can expect more to come. Employers and staffing […]
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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 […]
On the Cutting Edge
Ilonka Jankovich, venture partner at the Randstad Innovation Fund, is responsible for building an ecosystem in HR tech, making investment decisions and developing strategy for the fund. Since launching in March 2014, the venture capital fund has partnered with startups […]
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In the Know
Employers face compliance challenges now more than ever, and in the staffing industry, the challenges are enhanced due to the nature of the industry. As new regulations that relate to onboarding of candidates continue to emerge, staffing companies must be prepared to address them appropriately. It is important to understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach.
Wage rate. One example is the requirement many states are enacting that employees receive written notification of pay rates, which is a significant challenge to the staffing industry. As opposed to starting one new employee at a time, the volume of temporary employees simultaneously starting […]
Dos & Don’ts
I came to the buy side of the equation by way of the staffing industry. […]
Settling In
Merger and acquisition activity in the North American staffing market in 2016 was essentially in-line […]
Find Your Focus
When you have excruciating tooth pain, you don’t go to a podiatrist, right? While highly […]
Ditch the Roadmap
Just like in every industry, the sales process in the workforce solutions space has evolved. […]
Rough Terrain
With the frigid cold of the winter over, the snowbirds are headed back north and […]
The Staffing Stream
- Why You Should Get Your Workers Hooked on Their JobsPosted by Craig Johnson on June 23, 2017 at 3:30 pm
Disengaged workers terrify HR departments. And it is not just about the negative impact to the brand and company culture. The fact is disengaged employees cost the company money. According to an […]
- Solving the Talent Crunch Could Be Easier Than You ThinkPosted by Jody Greenstone Miller on June 22, 2017 at 3:30 pm
It’s no secret that the talent wars are fierce these days, particularly in high-growth industries like healthcare and technology. According to ManPower, in 2016, employers reported the highest […]
- Inbound Marketing for Staffing Is Almost Half the BattlePosted by David Searns on June 21, 2017 at 3:30 pm
I just read a very good introduction to inbound marketing for the staffing industry on The Staffing Stream. The author made some great points about the value of inbound and the opportunities for the […]
- Should Contingent Worker Acquisition be Managed by TA?Posted by Brian Delle Donne on June 20, 2017 at 3:30 pm
The trend towards increased preference for flexible work is now widely accepted. You’ve heard the statistics; 40% of the workforce will be flexible by 2020. It’s driven on both the supply […]
Latest Research
- U.S. Staffing Occupational Markets Guidebook 2017
The U.S. Staffing Occupational Markets Guidebook is a tool for firms to examine the market size and growth trends for temporary staffing from the perspective of 501 detailed occupations. The tool […]
- Total Talent Acquisition Market Developments
Total Talent Acquisition (TTA) is defined as an emerging model for Talent Acquisition, subsumed within the concept of Total Talent Management and therefore encompassing acquisition of both employed […]
- Internal Staff Survey 2017: Early Results
Key Findings: This report contains the initial findings of the 2017 Internal Staff Survey, implemented in conjunction with the 2016-2017 Staffing Industry Analysts “Best Staffing Companies to […]
- How Temps Find Staffing Firms, Recruiters
Key Findings:How temps find staffing firms The two dominant ways in which temps typically discovered their staffing agencies were: 1) being directly recruited, and 2) receiving a recommendation for […]