BI: Improve your CW program via SIA survey participation

Imagine knowing what your counterparts in other programs are doing without leaving your office. Take our 2019 Workforce Solutions Buyer Survey, now open through Friday June 14, and ...

Without Inclusion, Diversity Won’t Cut It

Pixar’s Purl brings it home like nothing else. Watching a ball of pink yarn — a new hire — try to fit in with a bunch of white guys at a firm called “B.R.O. Capital” is both ...

Don’t become talk-show fodder

Being a contingent worker can be dangerous. And I am not being facetious here.  It took an HBO segment to write this post. In his March 31 episode of “Last Week Tonight” ...

Safety Check: Dwindling audit numbers raise red flags

Last week, the Toronto Star reported that safety audits of temporary staffing agencies by Ontario’s workers’ compensation board fell by 80% in 2018 from 2016. According to documents ...

In Memory of Steve Silver

I had the opportunity to work with Steve Silver when he was a CWS Council member. We had numerous conversations on the topic of contingent workforce management. Steve was an easy man ...

When humans take the place of robots

We don’t hear it very often, but humans have been known to take robots’ jobs. Despite the chuckles these incidents created, it brings to mind some larger questions that technologists ...

Improving Pay Equity — One Hire At A Time

It is no secret that we have a compensation challenge specific to gender. In the US, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is tasked with enforcing several federal laws that prohibit ...

Staffing Firms Not Welcome Here

Are staffing firms being barred from setting up shop in Illinois? Recently, two staffing firms seeking to open offices in Joliet, Ill., were denied permission to do so. Joliet requires ...

The Gig-E Collective: Tapping the ecosystem’s wisdom

News flash: The gig economy is not Uber alone I admit, the flamboyant ride-share company does seem to grab the headlines — and it’s not always inspirational or seemingly relevant ...

The personalized experience: Find, engage candidates including those not active

Remember when Shutterfly sent out a wedding-congratulations email to people who weren’t getting married? It may have happened a couple of years ago but it’s a dramatic example ...

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