The staffing industry left 2014 with a strong tailwind. An improving economy bolstered growth, and temporary help services jobs set record highs as a percent of total US employment.
But what trends will affect staffing in 2015?
Forecasts call for solid growth in two of the industry’s largest segments: IT and industrial. Experts say drivers include ecommerce, […]
Although 36% of employers plan to add full-time staff and 46% plan to hire temps and contractors this year, staffing industry recruiters will need superior skills and substantial experience to ring the register.
Growing talent shortages, expanding skill gaps, rising client expectations and the proliferation of passive candidates are just a few of the new-age trends […]
More than 4.1 million jobs go unfilled in the US every month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). On the surface, this sounds incomprehensible, especially when you consider there are 12 million workers who are unemployed, have quit looking […]
If you’re in IT staffing, you know well that requirements (that’s “tech talk” for job orders) are easier to come by than candidates; that’s been the case for years. In the race to beat everyone else to market with the […]
Companies on this year’s list of fastest-growing staffing and talent engagement firms chalked up some impressive numbers. Take InGenesis, for example. It had a compound annual revenue growth rate (CAGR) of a staggering 132.7 percent since 2009.
Many other firms had notable performances as well.
This year’s list […]
Meet the luminaries who helped influence how and where you work. This list of the 100 most influential people in North American staffing — nominated by you and the Staffing Industry Analysts team — includes those who helped shape an approximately $147.5 billion North American staffing market.
It’s a brave new world. And many of these […]
By Leslie Stevens-Huffman
Brendan Courtney sees America’s healthcare upheaval as a call to action and an opportunity. Since becoming president and CEO of Parallon Workforce Solutions in 2013, the staffing industry veteran has taken steps to position the firm as an emerging force in the healthcare revolution.
The subsidiary owned by Nashville-based HCA Holdings Inc. is helping […]
By Craig Johnson
Summer traditionally represents a slower time for healthcare staffing; experts say that’s because there are fewer elective surgeries and it’s not flu season. 2013 in particular proved that, but this summer is different.
“The good news for the industry is that demand is up,” says Cynthia Kinnas, president of the National Association of Travel […]
By George Reardon
Already delayed once, the employer mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act takes effect January. Firms with fewer than 100 full-time employees in 2015 and 50 full-time employees after 2015 will be exempt from the ACA employer mandate, greatly simplifying their ACA burdens. Larger firms, though, will have to be ready to […]
If the history of vendor management systems were to be played out in a movie, the opening scene would consist of a young, scrappy VMS being chased by angry, well-dressed staffing companies who want VMS off their turf. Later, we would see staffing companies reluctantly tolerating the VMS, who has won the favor of […]
