When I heard there was a new ATS solution being launched recently at Staffing World in Orlando, I have to admit I was a bit skeptical. Is there really anything more to innovate within the tried and true ATS model? Apparently so.
While the name LeoForce is a bit mysterious, the […]
SkillGalaxy is a new work arrangement intermediation platform unlike the majority of the online staffing models (which seem to disintermediate staffing suppliers and potentially others in the talent supply chain).
The company was quietly launched less than eight years ago by Rahul Jain, the CEO of Bitsoft, a Chicago-based company with […]
Proven got its start several years ago with two Stanford grads, Pablo Fuentes (now CEO) and Sean Falconer (now CTO).
Proven provides a much-needed mobile platform and set of tools that are designed to support local service workers in managing their employment. The idea, as TechCrunch reported in mid-2013: “Proven lets […]
Online staffing started as a vast open marketplace, where independence and free choice prevailed. Businesses and workers have been embracing new ways of arranging and conducting work.
And new kinds of online work platforms, based on different models and strategies, have been entering the staffing ecosystem.
This month, we cover a young online platform start-up that […]
Skills testing and assessments have long been used as a qualifying tool applied to candidates already well along on their way in the recruiting and hiring process. But technology has been driving a renaissance lately in how skills testing can be valuable to recruiters, clients AND candidates and how it can be used much […]
Innovation … Where?
It’s no secret that staffing models are evolving. There is already a broad range of mature “work arrangement intermediation” models today (recruiting firms, temporary staffing agencies, PEOs, outsourcers, etc.) as well as a growing number of businesses that are pursuing innovative models. A young company, Rev, commercially launched in […]
When it comes to the rise of social recruiting, our minds tend to rest on LinkedIn as a truly “enabling platform.” Facebook, on the other hand, seems to raise more questions than it provides answers or solutions. While Facebook offers connections to several hundred million people worldwide, how to […]
Recently, we have been calling attention to online staffing platforms, pointing to companies like NextCrew, WorkMarket and OnForce to argue that digital platform models open up new forms of work arrangements that can mean market opportunities as well as ways to innovate traditional staffing operational models. Still, […]
Social recruiting has certainly been all the buzz for several years now. Though the use of social recruiting platforms like LinkedIn has risen dramatically, they have been treated more like social sourcing platforms (just another place to find candidates, another candidate pool). But is that really social recruiting […]
