2019

2409, 2019

Tech & Jobs

By |September 24th, 2019|

Benefits for on-demand workers

Benefits for on-demand workers Human cloud, grocery delivery platform Instacart announced new benefits for its independent contractor shoppers in a post on Medium.

The perks include its “Stride Benefits Platform” for access to health insurance and financial tools, injury protection insurance to protect the shoppers in the case of an accident (it will […]

2409, 2019

The Buzz: Beyond Matching

By |September 24th, 2019|

Recruiting is, at its core, a business built on relationships. The best recruiters build a rapport with candidates and clients and focus on high-touch and high-value interactions. But how can recruiters spend more of their time engaging with individuals? SourceBreaker, a UK-headquartered company, thinks it has the answer.

“We want to automate as much of the […]

2409, 2019

The New Customer: An Open Approach

By |September 24th, 2019|

A Kforce Inc. consultant left us 20 years ago to work at a Fortune 500 telecommunications company, where he enjoyed a successful career. Eventually, he opted for early retirement, but after a few months, decided he wanted to go back to work. Having had a great relationship with Kforce, he turned to us again, and […]

2409, 2019

The Talent’s Voice: Career by Design

By |September 24th, 2019|

There are many roads to landing that “dream” job. I took a couple of different routes before arriving at my destination. Today, I am a graphic designer at a research and advisory firm. It’s a role that I love but getting here was not easy.

As I moved from temp job to job, I learned many […]

909, 2019

Forecasting the Future

By |September 9th, 2019|

Planning for the future is a critical aspect of managing any organisation. The long-term success of a company is closely tied to how well the management can foresee its future and develop appropriate strategies to deal with likely future scenarios. Additionally, with more staffing firms looking to expand internationally, market size estimates for major staffing […]

909, 2019

Job Boards Are Hot – Again

By |September 9th, 2019|

Job boards have been around since the mid-1990s. As the internet took off, it didn’t take long for a number of visionary entrepreneurs to realize that the new medium would be an ideal place to advertise jobs. Dice, Monster and CareerBuilder (originally branded Netstart) were among the early movers in the US alongside Jobserve in […]

909, 2019

Switch Your Mindset

By |September 9th, 2019|

The recruitment industry is ever changing and the challenge of bringing in the next generation of would-be recruiters is certainly real. During the last decade of economic expansion, companies have focused on sourcing the right talent to drive business growth. However, with record-low unemployment rates and skills shortages in many technical areas, recruiting has become […]

909, 2019

Making the Cut

By |September 9th, 2019|

In this extremely competitive environment, companies like mine are looking to make efficiency improvements, optimisations and cost improvements for our contingent workforce programmes. And a crucial piece of the puzzle is having the right supplier base to achieve our goals and support our business.

Over the last two years, I have managed a global rollout of […]

909, 2019

Hand in Hand

By |September 9th, 2019|

The Fourth Industrial Revolution — the developing business environment that is characterised by disruptive technologies — has led to many exciting young startups seeking to transform the staffing industry. Much is made of the clash between “old” and “new”, with many predicting the demise of incumbent staffing firms because they are slow to adapt and […]

909, 2019

2019 Staffing 100 Europe

By and |September 9th, 2019|

It’s a difficult time in the world of work. Political uncertainty, Brexit, youth unemployment and immigration — all challenging topics in Europe as elsewhere — have changed the way business is conducted. Societies are altering, changing how talent, including temporary workers, are viewed and treated. Leading the charge in this evolving competitive industry are the […]