This June marked the four-year anniversary of the end of the Great Recession, and now seems like a fitting time to assess the condition of the U.S. workforce and to examine the implications for owners and executives of staffing firms. We make three observations. First, historic […]
They came, they saw and they conquered. Then they stayed — in the staffing industry. Meet the stars of this year’s Staffing 100. These are the folks nominated by you and the Staffing Industry Analysts team.
The staffing industry is in the midst of a 25-year business cycle that began with the adoption of Internet tools that have transformed the industry and will end with dramatic, yet subtle changes in the ways staffing firms interact with customers — hiring managers, gatekeepers, supply chains, current […]
Proven got its start several years ago with two Stanford grads, Pablo Fuentes (now CEO) and Sean Falconer (now CTO).
Proven provides a much-needed mobile platform and set of tools that are designed to support local service workers in managing their employment. The idea, as TechCrunch reported in mid-2013: “Proven lets […]
White paper on workers compensation sponsored by People 2.0.
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White paper on workers compensation sponsored by World Wide Specialty Programs.
Question: We’ve heard about online staffing. Are buyers really using it?
Answer: Of the large buyers — those with more than 1,000 employees — who have heard of online staffing, currently eight percent are using it.
However, among hiring managers across all companies who have heard of online staffing, 45 […]
Developments from the Staffing Industry Daily News and The Staffing Stream to help you focus on emerging movements that could shape your business for the better.
Who’s Engaged?
Pharma, biotech pros say their firms have keys to engagement.
Workers in the pharmaceutical/biotech sector are more likely to say their companies have many of the right mechanisms in place […]
In the current, fast-moving and shifting environment of company mergers and acquisitions, contingent workforce managers have the continuous task of deciding whether to incorporate or exclude new suppliers into the acquiring company’s MSP/VMS program. Obviously, this is a challenge from any vantage point. Such situations […]
When it comes to independent contractors (ICs), most staffing companies and their clients worry about making sure they are classified properly — that is, making sure that those workers paid on a 1099 or “corp-to-corp” basis are bona fide ICs.
Most companies forget, […]
