November/December 2015

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You Ask We Answer

By |November 1st, 2015|

QUESTION:
There has been much discussion about gender disparity and the wage gap between male and female workers. In fact, California’s governor recently signed a tough equal-pay law. But what does the staffing industry look like in terms of gender disparity?

Answer:
While Staffing Industry Analysts does not have research that looks directly at a potential wage disparity, […]

111, 2015

Trends That Matter: Protect That Rep

By |November 1st, 2015|

We include 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.

Protect That Rep

American women less likely than men to join a company with a bad rep.

Far more American females than men would not join a company with a […]

111, 2015

Benefit of Counsel: Optimizing Big Data

By |November 1st, 2015|

Use analytics to guide employment-related decisions

While humans have long used numbers to understand and influence behavior, the ability to access large amounts of complex data when making business decisions has expanded exponentially in recent years. There are five key areas where staffing firms and professional employer organizations (PEOs) can leverage big data — both to […]

111, 2015

Research Report: Pushing Back

By |November 1st, 2015|

Driven by margin pressure, divergent IT staffing models emerge

It’s high times for the IT staffing business. Literally so, when viewed in the context of the industry’s long-term growth, which shows the market ramping up to reach a new record scale for the fourth consecutive year in 2015, by our estimates. Enterprise demand remains historically robust […]

111, 2015

Marking Their Turf

By |November 1st, 2015|

Human cloud, IT staffing firms eye each other – warily

Everyone’s talking about it – the human cloud. Proponents argue the human cloud will change the world of work by allowing companies to use online platforms, to get the best talent. Others are not so convinced.

Despite the dialogue, what does the advent of the human cloud […]

111, 2015

The Hype is Real

By |November 1st, 2015|

But in spite of the proliferation of SOWs, this work arrangement is underutlilized.

I’ve enjoyed watching the rise of technology-driven managed service programs (MSPs). As a consumer who’s benefited from the transparency and choice our modern economy affords, the concept of reverse auctions often utilized by MSPs appeals to me. But if sellers of services can […]

111, 2015

The Demand-Supply Curve: The need for IT skills continues – unabated

By |November 1st, 2015|

Demand for workers with the right IT skills appears insatiable. The war for talent has made it especially hard to find and place these workers. What are some of the most in-demand IT skills? What are the hardest-to-find?

Here’s what we found when we took a look at the landscape and asked experts involved in recruiting […]

111, 2015

Healthy Competition

By |November 1st, 2015|

Nurse training program wins Innovation Award at Healthcare Staffing Summit

Parallon Workforce Solutions’ program to help speed nurse training and increase the supply of qualified nurses received the inaugural Innovation Award Sept. 30 at the annual Healthcare Staffing Summit in Las Vegas.

The program was one of three finalist programs presented by healthcare staffing providers during the […]

111, 2015

Expert’s Corner: Technical to the Core

By |November 1st, 2015|

Placing recruiters into specialties creates a successful hiring strategy

Here at Digital Intelligence Systems LLC (DISYS), we recently shifted our recruiting strategy. Whereas our recruiters had been regionally focused, we now follow a CORE model that has proven to be advantageous not only to clients utilizing our services, but to recruiters working within our organization.

With more […]

111, 2015

Selling Smart: Questions Anyone?

By |November 1st, 2015|

Coaching your salespeople from excuses to results with Q&A

As one of Canada’s largest staffing companies, we enjoy the benefits of having driven professionals sell and manage our services. But we also experience the flip side: our sales people are often selling to us and we find ourselves coaching them out of excuses and into results […]