Years ago, job boards, and then vendor management systems, changed the way staffing firms do business. Now it’s clear that was just the beginning of a more fundamental development: “electronic platforms” are now a force causing disruptions, and promising new opportunities, in the staffing industry.
Generally speaking, platforms enable useful interactions and transactions among different parties. […]
While outsourcing has been around for decades, staffing companies have only recently begun to embrace the trend. As a result, off shore recruiting is still a pretty new concept, and most of what we know about it we probably learned from speaking with our peers in the staffing industry. […]
With the economy slowly improving, more and more organizations are hiring temporary workers and opting to employ staff on a contingent basis. Although temp workers have a different employment status than full-time employees, they both share a need to be engaged and recognized.
Actively engaged workers benefit your […]
Are you being held to standard markups?
Most suppliers would nod yes, but here’s the problem to watch out for. Contingent workforce programs that mandate a set markup rather than set bill rates can prevent companies from receiving the best quality talent — they instead focus on talent […]
Suppose your travel nursing staffing segment is growing at 30 percent year over year, but your per diem nursing staffing segment hasn’t grown at all in that time. You may be inclined to fire your per diem director and promote your travel nurse director, but if you had taken just 10 minutes to participate in […]
