We all recognize the value independent contractors (ICs) bring to an organization. We also recognize that using these critical resources comes with the responsibility to make sure there ...

Whether you’re in the process of identifying or implementing a vendor management solution (VMS), taking a best practices approach to contingent workforce management can help organizations ...

Contingent workforce managers often struggle when it comes to terminology describing temporary work and workers. And this becomes even more crucial as programs go global. Take Canada, ...

There are usually two sides to every story. When it comes to contingent staffing in healthcare, that certainly is true. Some recent studies suggest that temporary or contract healthcare ...

Are you ready for Workforce 2020? More important, are your clients ready? According to a number of sources, including the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Hudson Institute’s study, ...

Global companies are relying more heavily on contingent workers to control rising labor costs, bridge skills gaps, and to respond to fast-moving market conditions with greater agility. According ...

What do you call 100 lawyers buried in sand up to their necks? Answer: Not enough sand. It is said that the problem with lawyer jokes is that lawyers don’t think they’re funny, ...

It’s natural in the staffing business that contingent workers will prematurely quit their assignments and in some case never show up for the first day work. While some staffing companies ...

Staffing Industry Analysts has provided some great information and tools for thinking about and conducting an RFP process for a managed service provider (MSP). A template for an 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 ...