In William Shakespeare’s best-known play, Juliet asks Romeo, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” Clearly, Shakespeare ...

We live in a world of ecosystems. For many of us, our education in this fundamental theory started in 4th grade, when we learned in science that everything is connected to everything ...

Term limits for contract employees have been popular since Vizcaino v. Microsoft nearly two decades ago. This class-action lawsuit pitted temporary workers against Microsoft, with the ...

It’s a fact today that recruiters work remotely from their “clients,” — the hiring managers and candidates they represent — they spend most of their time on the Internet ...

As the amount of recruiting work done from offshore locations continues to grow, many staffing firms are weighing the tradeoffs between buying their offshore capability (using an outsourcer) ...

Over the past 5 years, I have visited over 100 staffing companies and talked with even more of them over the phone. The one missed opportunity common among most of these firms is that ...

Workforce management is evolving beyond simply filling an open position — companies are seeking the right mix of internal and external staffing solutions to meet their overall ...

In the early decades of the temporary help business (when the terms “staffing” and “contingent” hadn’t yet been invented), most placements were done on a the equivalent of ...

Program Leadership: HR or Procurement? There are many debates, discussion boards, blogs, etc., on who should own the contingent workforce management program. A recent article noted ...

Have you ever really thought about it? Take a moment and try to answer that question. Have you really thought about it? Over the years I have heard contingent workers referred to as ...