March/April 2018

2603, 2018

Editor’s Letter

By |March 26th, 2018|

It’s an understatement to state that the Best Staffing Firms to Work For grand prize winners get engagement. These firms win praise not just from their internal workers and temps, but from the competition as well. They all appreciate how difficult it is to keep people motivated and productive in today’s economy where, as of […]

2603, 2018

Trends That Matter: Hard-Working Towns

By |March 26th, 2018|

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.

Hard-Working Towns

San Francisco named the hardest-working city in the US.

According to personal finance social network Wallet-Hub, San Francisco is the hardest-working city in the US. WalletHub compared the […]

2603, 2018

Benefit of Counsel: Avoid Compliance Failures

By |March 26th, 2018|

In 1991, the US Sentencing Commission published its Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations, which set standards for creating corporate compliance programs that allow for more favorable treatment from the courts in the event of a compliance failure. And in today’s highly regulated environment, compliance failures are highly likely.

Indeed, the regulatory risks on all industries have increased […]

2603, 2018

Buyer Reality: Stand Out

By |March 26th, 2018|

How can you be the best supplier in the MSP supplychain? That’s a difficult question to answer. As a career procurement professional who now advises enterprise clients through SIA’s Contingent Workforce Strategies Council, I have come to sympathize with the struggles many suppliers face in trying to succeed in these programs. And it starts by […]

2603, 2018

Research Report: Walking the Comp Tightrope

By |March 26th, 2018|

The largest operating expense for staffing companies is the remuneration paid to their staff, as is this case for most professional services firms. Total personnel expense for US staffing firms ranges from 52% to 56% of gross profit dollars, according to recent rounds of Staffing Industry Analysts’ SIBC benchmarking study. Avoiding systemic overpayment is thus […]

2603, 2018

The Joy of Work

By , , , and |March 26th, 2018|

Ask any staffing firm, big or small, what its top challenge is. Not surprisingly, the answers are identical: Finding people with the right skills given the scarcity of talent. Organizations — including staffing firms — are facing one of the largest talent shortages since 2007 with the US unemployment rate at 4.1% in February. Firms are all vying for the […]

2603, 2018

The Extra Mile

By |March 26th, 2018|

Imagine creating an unfailingly great experience for your workers. That’s no easy feat. Now, consider doing so for workers who are placed elsewhere — your temporary workers. The levels of difficulty associated with this go up several notches. Research released last year by consulting firm Great Places to Work found that what was good enough […]

2603, 2018

The Candidate Connector

By |March 26th, 2018|

The business of matching job hunters with employers continues to change rapidly. Technology is making it easier to connect, yet it can also overwhelm those on both sides of the job-hunting equation with information and choices. Indeed, the world’s No. 1 job site, with more than 200 million unique monthly visitors from more than 60 […]

2603, 2018

Selling Smart: Know Thy Client

By |March 26th, 2018|

Most staffing companies talk ad nauseam about their differentiators: We have access to the best talent at the lowest rates while delivering the highest level of service. The harsh reality is that the majority of staffing firms are pretty similar to one another.

You may be thinking, “That’s ridiculous. We are far superior to our competition. […]

2603, 2018

Admittance to the Tribe

By |March 26th, 2018|

Most organizations engage in some sort of activity in the name of inclusion. Quite simply, this is about ensuring nobody feels disadvantaged or left out due to their age, disability, gender, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, or other factors such as social background. Ultimately, companies develop […]