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 […]
Many of the women in the Global Power 150 – Women in Staffing list are already CEOs. Others will someday head the company they are at or a competitor, and still others will make waves in other leadership roles. Regardless, they have all played a big part in leading their divisions and firms to record […]
Of the global recruitment process outsourcing market’s estimated $7.4 billion in 2021 revenue, 31% came from Europe, the Middle East and Africa. A report by SIA found that European RPO revenue in Europe had grown 21% between 2020 and 2021. However, SIA forecast growth may slow this year despite a pipeline of interest and opportunity […]
The last few years have been turbulent ones for the staffing industry. This tempest might have followed a long period of stability, but we are now looking at a volatile and uncertain 2023. A difficult economic environment and the war in Ukraine have aggravated a talent shortage that has been especially challenging for staffing companies. […]
Data is the core of businesses that provide services rather than create a tangible product. In the past, staffing companies included as part of their value the size of their databases of candidates and/or clients. Today, with the number of repositories of candidate information existing online — and the wide variety of tools for searching […]
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Benefits of an ERG
An employee resource group is a voluntary group of employees formed around a common identity or interest. Common themes include employees of color, LGBTQIA+ employees, […]
Report explores trends over time in IT temp staffing
The median gross margin for US IT temporary staffing expanded 715 bps over 11 years, reaching 25.6% in 2021, according to SIA research. While results may be influenced by the composition of survey respondents, gross margin for the sector has typically ranged from 23% to 25% since […]
Healthcare Staffing: Illinois regulations; Federal study proposed
Illinois has enacted legislation that precludes conversion fees and noncompetes in nurse staffing, among other requirements. Meanwhile, a senator calls for a study on the business practices of healthcare staffing firms during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Illinois bans noncompetes and conversion fees. New legislation that restricts noncompetes and conversion fees in […]
Leadership speaks volumes
Internal staff gave their staffing firms an overall net promoter score of 71 in 2022, with 67% of respondents reporting they were “extremely likely” to recommend their staffing agency to a friend or colleague. Senior leadership had the most impact on the NPS. The least impactful factor was pay and benefits.
Source: “North America […]
