What do bees, cleaner fish and Staffing Industry Analysts have in common? All are examples of “organisms” that mutually benefit a broader competitive ecological or business ecosystem — a phenomenon defined in ecology as “mutualism.” Flowers need bees to help them pollinate, fish use cleaner fish to remove dead skin and bacteria from their bodies, […]
What do search firms want? The short answer: to increase the bottom line. The long answer: To provide their customers with the best quality talent that makes the client happy and leads to more business.
Now a staffing firm, UK-based Trinity Scott, helps executive search firms or headhunters do just that. It finds researchers who are […]
We at Staffing Industry Analysts call it “The Sword in the Stone,” nicknamed thus for its ability to find exceptional researchers. It’s a short, skills-based assessment — built by our former VP of research. The process works. But if we had 700 researchers (or if we were a staffing firm that needed to place 700 […]
If Uber were a staffing firm…
When you push the magic button on your phone to request a driver, an email is sent to one of the thousands of Uber “taxi recruiters” around the country. The taxi recruiter searches its database of registered drivers for those with the same zip code as the passenger, and begins […]
VEGAS TRIPS CHEAP! CLICK HERE!!! Many of us have been greeted by online ads like this. This one heralded me recently while I was perusing the Web. It is a targeted ad, named such because it is directly “targeted” to users based on their browsing history (in my case, because I had searched for and […]
Gender inequality is as old as commerce. Today, despite more women graduating college and pursuing advanced careers, there are far more men than women in many fields, most notably in technology. PowerToFly, a New York-based startup, is taking a crack at solving this centuries-old problem through its own creative blend of online talent marketplace meets social […]
Ask any hiring manager and you will hear the war for talent is heating up. At the same time, however, there is an ironic gap: millions of newly minted college graduates complain they can’t find work. What gives?
Part of the problem is a need for deeper insight about workers’ skills. It turns out college degrees […]
Finding a new angle on sourcing and recruiting approaches is something all recruiters like to take a crack at. And even more so now, given the war for talent. Placing a bet and winning, however, is not so common. But New England-based startup Appcast believes it may have hit the jackpot.
In a combination of business […]
Recently, the staffing industry has been encountering the increasing importance of “non-temp” independent work arrangements and workers (often referred to as independent contractors, ICs, 1099s). This fairly recent phenomenon, partly driven by new technologies that help to support independent work arrangements outside of the standard “temp agency, employer of record” model, has often been met […]
While technology has been moving staffing firms from “spray and pray” recruiting tactics toward more effective and efficient approaches, the firms really want a tool that frees recruiters, from low-value labor to high-value discernment and candidate engagement. Hirenetics, launched in 2014, has developed a technology platform solution that helps both recruiters and job […]
