The Fourth Industrial Revolution is upon us. Each of its predecessors had been powered by ground-breaking inventions: the development of mechanical production techniques harnessing water and steam power; electricity and mass production techniques; and advances in computing technology.
Driving this latest revolution is “cyber-physical systems” — computerbased algorithms, tightly integrated with the internet, deeply intertwined, and […]
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.
Wages Plateau
Employers expect to keep wage growth in check.
Most employers expect wages to stay the same in the third quarter, according to a survey released by Express […]
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.
Boon for Talent
Automation helps top talent become more valuable.
Automation will help to promote, not eliminate, top talent, according to 67% of staffing professionals polled by staffing industry software […]
Contingent workforce buyers and suppliers have always kept an eye on metrics, but now machine learning aims to automate and speed up the analysis of data.
Last November, Google announced its Cloud Jobs API, which uses machine learning to enable job-seekers to find jobs more easily. Meanwhile, a survey by CareerBuilder found that 55% of HR […]
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.
Flex Time
Canadian firms expect to increase use of variable workforce.
Nontraditional workers (contract, consultant, remote or freelance workers) comprise 20% to 30% of Canada’s workforce, a statistic that is expected […]
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.
Rein It in
New hire retention a key issue for most companies.
Nearly all of executives polled in a recent Futurestep survey, 90%, reported retention of new hires is an issue in […]
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 […]
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.
True Desires
Motivation may be key to increased female leadership within staffing organizations.
Although women hold almost 52% of all professional jobs, they account for just 14.6% percent of executive officers […]
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.
Many US workers believe their internal communications and training programs need significant improvement.
According to a survey from Rapt Media, only 32% of US employees feel engaged, and 35% feel their companies don’t care about them — as […]
The development of self-learning programmes like IBM Watson has opened up the potential for the automation of many traditional human tasks. The loss of jobs to technology has been with us since the advent of the Industrial Revolution but the latest leap in cognitive computing puts whole swathes of professional jobs at risk.
The Doctor Is […]
