business agreement

VMS/MSP Primer


Seventy-Five. That’s the percentage of Fortune 1000 corporations, in a recent survey, that either are currently, or plan to manage their contingent labor spend through a VMS platform ...
profitability

Vendor Neutrality: Not an Unprofitable Illusion


A recent post in The Staffing Stream about MSPs suggests that the success of the MSP model is intrinsically linked to large staffing agencies, and vendor neutrality is an unprofitable ...
Business plan

MSP Is a Strategic Talent Solution


On Feb. 18, the Staffing Industry Daily News featured a comment made by Randstad Chairman and CEO Ben Noteboom  during a conference call with analysts. Here, Noteboom clarifies his ...
business debate

Selecting the Right Contingent Workforce Consultant


I was having a conversation a few days back with a former colleague around our favorite topic, contingent workforce solutions. We tossed around ideas that would surely revolutionize ...
collaborate

VMS and MSP Do Have a Role


VMS (vendor management system) and MSP (managed service program) are acronyms that have changed the staffing industry landscape significantly over the past decade and, for better or ...
Hamlet

To Be or Not To Be … the MSP


When designing a contingent workforce management program one of the more difficult decisions confronting companies is whether or not the MSP team should be comprised of internal or ...
training

Do You Know How To Share?


How often do we hear someone talk about being a thought leader in their industry or get asked what we do to be thought leaders for our customers? We tweet, we blog, we speak, we read, ...
mass recruiting

Increase Staffing Company Valuation Through Recruiting


I really enjoyed Allen Cash’s blog posting, “How to Profit from (Low Quality) VMS/MSP Accounts.” I unequivocally agree with Allen’s conclusion, “VMS/MSP relationships are ...
ignore

MSP/VMS Phenomenon Impossible to Ignore


Contingent workforce management has undergone a significant evolution in the past decade. Enterprise client organizations that have varied requirements across multiple locations and ...
Path to Profit

How to Profit from (Low-Quality) VMS/MSP Accounts


Anyone familiar with vendor management systems (VMS) overseen by managed service providers (MSP) can tell you that not all VMS/MSP accounts are created equal. There are some that utilize ...
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