Inclusive hiring strengthens a company’s reputation and makes it competitive. By creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, you better mirror your customer base as well as support your organization by enabling access to global talent. Here are practices to make your recruiting and hiring practices inclusive and accessible.
Make inclusion part of your hiring strategy. Consider […]
We include snippets from Staffing Industry Analysts research to focus on trends that help shape and grow your business. Corporate members have access to the full reports online.
Temporary workers generally prefer virtual interviews. In particular, 43% indicated a strong preference for them, while 25% strongly preferred in-person. Convenience, avoiding illness and feeling less anxious were among the arguments for virtual interviewing, while those who sought to interview in person cited stronger interpersonal connections and avoiding tech glitches for their predilection.
Source: North America […]
If there’s anything the last three years have taught us, it’s that achieving DE&I is a journey that takes commitment and dedication. Launched in 2021 by SIA in response to the social unrest and upheaval of 2020, the DE&I Influencers – US and Canada list has highlighted professionals across the ecosystem who are dedicated to […]
The growth trajectory of staffing platforms is resulting in the model representing a greater share of the global temporary staffing market. In 2022, temporary staffing platforms represented nearly 4% of the $582 billion global temporary staffing industry, an increase from a 3% share in 2021. Prior to 2020, temporary staffing platforms were essentially immaterial, representing […]
The use of texting/emailing technology to engage with candidates is widely adopted by the staffing industry, as 98% of all staffing firms planned to use such technology in 2022. Further, 60% of staffing firms anticipated increasing their usage in 2022. Enterprise buyers, meanwhile, are much less likely to be using texting/emailing technology, at 25%, though […]
California truckers continue to fight the state’s AB 5 legislation that makes classifying workers as independent contractors more difficult. Meanwhile, the US Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Service have renewed their partnership to fight misclassification.
New injunctions sought against AB 5. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and the California Trucking Association each have filed renewed […]
Introducing the leaders who have guided their fi rms through tumultuous times. From having to overhaul business models to comply with a nation’s elimination of traditional staffing to continuing to face the headwinds of the pandemic, these executives, listed alphabetically, have kept their organizations in competitive shape.
Find their profiles online.
Recruiting Challenge
Recruiting difficulty among respondents to SIA’s Pulse Survey decreased to a level of 3.49 in August from 3.72 in June; recruiting difficulty was particularly high for firms serving the manufacturing industry at 4.35. By staffing focus, the industrial and office/clerical segments were also relatively high at 4.04 and 4.00, respectively. Meanwhile, recruiting qualified talent […]
Look in the Mirror
Employers describe “quiet quitters” as unmotivated slackers who do the bare minimum and won’t go “above and beyond.”
Employees, meanwhile, have been working 50-plus hours a week, which is affecting their mental health. Work bleeds into the weekends because they need time to catch up and prepare for the week ahead. They are […]
