September 2013

109, 2013

You Ask/We Answer: Online Staffing

By |September 1st, 2013|

What is the future of online staffing?
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 percent […]

109, 2013

Beyond the Daily: Who Keeps Employees Engaged?

By |September 1st, 2013|

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 […]

109, 2013

Straight Talk From the Customer: Into the Fold

By |September 1st, 2013|

How CW managers merge programs, incorporate suppliers following an acquisition
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 are […]

109, 2013

Benefit of Counsel: Whose Property Is It, Anyway?

By |September 1st, 2013|

Ownership of intellectual property created by ICs has its own set of rules
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, though, […]

109, 2013

Research Report: Debunking the Myth

By |September 1st, 2013|

Despite negative perceptions, temp staffing does lead to jobs
Contrary to many of the negative temporary staffing narratives reported in the news, these provisional assignments do help people find full-time jobs.

In a survey conducted in the summer of 2012, we asked staffing firms serving a variety of industries what portion of their temporary workers typically cross […]

109, 2013

Don’t Lose Sight

By |September 1st, 2013|

A one-year delay in ACA’s employer mandate doesn’t mean you can ease up
The government may have delayed the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate by one year, but don’t breathe a sigh of relief just yet.

Other parts of the ACA are still on track — including a notice requirement coming Oct. 1. Many final rules are […]

109, 2013

The Long and Winding Road

By |September 1st, 2013|

How to strategically plan for the ACA and reduce expenses
Recent actions of the Obama Administration have delayed, waived or liberalized several key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, adding to the list of ACA provisions that had already fallen by the wayside since the law’s enactment in 2010. The recent action most significant to the […]

109, 2013

In Good Hands: Advanced practitioners can fill the gaps

By |September 1st, 2013|

Advanced practitioners can fill the gaps expected from physician shortages
Note: The article is based on a panel discussion at the 2012 Healthcare Staffing Summit.

The debate about physician supply is an old one. Do we have a surplus or a deficient supply of generalist and specialist physicians? But for the last few years, concerns about physician […]

109, 2013

Center Stage: Nurturing the business

By |September 1st, 2013|

What sets apart the fastest-growing staffing firm in the US
Intellect Resources ranks No. 1 on this year’s list of fastest-growing U.S. staffing firms produced by Staffing Industry Analysts. Intellect Resources posted compound annual revenue growth of 125.5 percent from 2008 through 2012. The Greensboro, N.C.-based firm was formed in 1999 and specializes in healthcare information […]

109, 2013

Expert’s Corner: Changing directions

By |September 1st, 2013|

Be prepared to fill clients’ unexpected needs even if it means altering your pitch
I recently accompanied representatives of a well-established staffing company on a call to pitch a new solution to an existing client. A great deal of effort had been devoted to preparing the presentation in order to articulate the value proposition and leverage […]