March/April 2017

2703, 2017

Trends That Matter: ACA Noncompliance OK; Women’s Aspirations Fall

By |March 27th, 2017|

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.

Noncompliance OK

Non-ACA compliant plans may continue another year.

Consumers and insurers may keep coverage that does not meet the minimum standards required by the Affordable Care Act, the US Department […]

2703, 2017

Now, the Uptick

By |March 27th, 2017|

The US manufacturing sector continues to be an important pillar of the US economy, as well as a large buyer of staffing services — to the tune of more than $20 billion dollars each year. This article examines the latest government data to identify growth trends in the sector as a whole, as well as […]

2703, 2017

Culture Power

By , , , and |March 27th, 2017|

If companies could bottle and sell what makes their employees happy and productive, they’d make a fortune. However, there are some staffing firms who may not have done exactly that but have created cultures that make their employees feel valued. That approach has consistently boosted the bottom line.

And this is not a new phenomenon. Workforce […]

2703, 2017

Stand Out

By |March 27th, 2017|

How can staffing firms be different when forced to deliver candidates anonymously through technology that whitewashes their differentiators? The industry has been debating this issue since vendor management systems became widely adopted in enterprise organizations.

However, the winner in the anonymous submissions of candidates for requisitions — at least from a client perspective — is the […]

2703, 2017

Providing the Ladder

By |March 27th, 2017|

From its headquarters in San Francisco, it might be tempting to categorize Samasource alongside all the other online staffing platforms that have been established to take advantage of the growth in the gig economy over the past few years.

But Samasource has a very different corporate mission from the other entrepreneurial businesses that have sprung up […]

2703, 2017

By the Numbers: Lawyer/Paralegal/Law Clerk Temp Workers by Age

By |March 27th, 2017|

2703, 2017

The PB&J Implementation

By |March 27th, 2017|

Having recently survived an MSP implementation as a buyer of staffing services, I understand wanting an on-time, clean and precise deliverable that is seamless and successful.

However, I understand that depending on what hat you wear, the definitions and motivations behind those goals will differ. Nevertheless, we all want the same thing.

Given my experience, I have […]

2703, 2017

View From the Boardroom: Climbing High

By |March 27th, 2017|

Every staffing professional has asked this very question and will likely continue to do so. The fact is we have made some headway. Companies are looking more and more to the flexible workforce to help with their needs. As providers of this flexible workforce, young workers turn to us to help them gain some experience, […]

2703, 2017

Sponsored Content: A Multigenerational Breed

By |March 27th, 2017|

Fresh-faced graduates working alongside Baby Boomers. Generation X directing interns who are Generation Y. This is the face of today’s workforce in many US organizations. And these varied age groups are often working for the same employer at the same time. This creates challenges for staffing companies and their clients. Members of each generation have […]

2703, 2017

Benefit of Counsel: The Ground Is Moving

By |March 27th, 2017|

In the world of work, two debates rage on: Who is a co-employer, and who is an independent contractor?

Recent federal guidance and case law suggest that the answers to these questions may be everyone and no one, respectively.

Co-employment. Co-employment is defined as the relationship among two or more organizations that both qualify as “employers” under […]