July/August 2019

2307, 2019

Editor’s Note

By |July 23rd, 2019|

Honoring the ecosystem’s professionals is a task we take very seriously.

There’s a reason why we single out the next generation of leaders. As editors, part of our job is to keep the ecosystem informed. And we think that includes helping our readers understand who these people are and how they are affecting the industry. By […]

2307, 2019

Research Report: New Shores

By |July 23rd, 2019|

Expanding a staffing operation into a new country can be a lucrative growth strategy, but it also comes with a unique set of challenges such as barriers in language and culture, potential currency risk — due to exchange rate fluctuations — and selecting the right people to develop a business. But before any of those […]

2307, 2019

Ahead of the Curve: Bring on the Robots

By |July 23rd, 2019|

We include snippets from Staffing Industry Analysts research to focus on trends that shape and grow your
business. Corporate members have access to the full reports online.

Bring on the Robots

Trends in robotic process automation and key vendors.

With global skills shortages becoming more acute, automation is supplementing a workforce that is not at full capacity. A digital […]

2307, 2019

SIA Musings: Fall Forward

By |July 23rd, 2019|

Last month, I attended my daughter’s college commencement, which happened to be at the halfway mark of my company’s financial year — as well as the point when I typically initiate an assessment of the progress my team and I are making toward our annual goals.

Typically, this assessment time means a course correction for the […]

2307, 2019

View from Boardroom: Mindful Change

By |July 23rd, 2019|

When leading business transformation in this fast-paced world, it would be easy to draw only on experience and intuition and focus only on hard financial outcomes and then rush toward them. But as a leader, when it comes to large-scale, global change management, it is imperative to not act on assumptions, as doing so risks […]

2307, 2019

Buyer Reality: Walk in Their Footsteps

By |July 23rd, 2019|

For a moment, forget that you’ve been in the staffing industry for years and that, as a managed service provider to contingent workforce programs, you can speak the language fluently, using terminology like “IC vetting,” “staff augmentation” and “statement of work.” Forget that you understand thoroughly how to calculate bill rates and markups. Imagine instead […]

2307, 2019

Benefit of Counsel: Closing Channels

By |July 23rd, 2019|

With a record-low unemployment rate and a continued skills shortage, US employers are having to increasingly rely on the global talent pool to fill highly skilled positions. US universities and the contingent workforce have historically provided a steady pipeline of highly skilled workers to meet employers’ needs. However, since President Trump’s April 2017 Buy American […]

2307, 2019

Compliance Branch

By |July 23rd, 2019|

Nevada employers cannot refuse to hire a job applicant who fails a drug test for marijuana under a new law signed by Gov. Stephen F. Sisola in June, which takes effect in 2020.

The law exempts certain public safety and health positions, such as firefighters, emergency medical technicians, jobs that require an employee to operate a […]

2307, 2019

40 Under 40

By , , , and |July 23rd, 2019|

Meet the rising stars in the workforce solutions ecosystem. The 40 Under 40, North America, class of 2019 is an eclectic group of leaders motivated to grow the industry — they see possibilities that they want to turn into business realities to generate revenue. At the same time, they are fervent about mentoring their teams […]

2307, 2019

Leadership Disciplines: A Breaking Through Case Study

By |July 23rd, 2019|

In an ongoing series, Staffing Industry Review features excerpts from a 2019 Executive Forum session based on SIA President Barry Asin’s and Charted Path founder Mike Cleland’s book, Breaking Through: Leadership Disciplines from Top-Performing Staffing Firms, which captured the stories of staffing industry executives whose companies have reached the top-most 1% of US staffing firms. […]