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About Andrew Braswell

Andrew Braswell is a senior research analyst. He can be reached at abraswell (at) staffingindustry (dot) com.

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2305, 2017

Settling In

By |May 23rd, 2017|

Merger and acquisition activity in the North American staffing market in 2016 was essentially in-line with the number of deals reported in 2013 and 2014, but fell 25% year over year. The 69 publicly announced transactions last year declined from 92 in 2015, which had been the most active year in staffing M&A since prior […]

111, 2016

Research Report: Tricky Metrics

By |November 1st, 2016|

Benchmarking your firm’s financial and operational performance relative to competitors within your industry is critical in managing for longterm success. But the process can only be as effective as the accuracy and specificity of the data available. Direct comparisons of your firm’s metrics versus those of your peers in the temporary staffing industry is a […]

106, 2016

Research Report: The Appetite Returns

By |June 1st, 2016|

The combination of low interest rates and historically high levels of cash on corporate balance sheets has helped whet the appetites for merger and acquisition (M&A) activity on the part of both strategic (i.e., corporate) and financial (i.e., private equity) buyers. According to data from Bloomberg, global M&A activity reached $3.8 trillion in 2015, surpassing the previous record from 2007 prior to the onset of the Great Recession.

Echoing […]

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 […]

106, 2015

Research Report: The Lucky Few

By |June 1st, 2015|

As of this writing, the H-1B filing season for fiscal year 2016 had just concluded, though if you blinked you might have missed it. That’s because, for the third consecutive year, the window was open for the minimum required span of just five business days. And if your firm did file H-1B petitions with US […]

105, 2014

Expert’s Corner: Lean With a Bite

By |May 1st, 2014|

At our recent Executive Forum in San Diego, I spoke with senior management of staffing firms ranging from multinationals to those just nearing the 50-employee threshold for the Afford- able Care Act’s (ACA) play-or-pay employer mandate. All of these conversations made one thing clear: when it comes to ACA, confusion still reigns.

Some firms were prepared […]