The New Staffing Reality: Workforce-as-a-Service

Let’s face it. The dynamics of the workforce have radically changed over the past few years. Unemployment is holding steady at 7.4 percent. Unsteady economic growth is prompting employers ...

What Workers Really Want: A Glimpse of the Perfect Job

According to Spherion’s latest Emerging Workforce Study, 64 percent of employers say that finding and recruiting qualified, skilled workers is a top HR concern; yet less than one-third ...

Does Your Staffing Firm Employ Mobile Technology?

I’m not alone when it comes to believing that embracing and implementing emerging technology is a must for staffing firms to succeed in the future. Staffing Industry Analysts President ...

Everyone’s a Customer

Before I got into the staffing industry, my first job out of college sponsored a class teaching mutual respect and that everyone you came into contact with is a customer. Translated, ...

More on Making Your Business Stand Out

A recent post here discussed ways to make your company stand out in a crowded market and appeal to companies and potential candidates seeking staffing services. I would like to expand ...

SEO 101 For Staffing Firms, Part One Of Two

Say the term SEO and people cringe. For some, search engine optimization connotes a mystical, thus surely outrageously expensive, set of ingredients. It brings frightening thoughts ...

Global, Schmobal …

As companies expand their contingent workforce programs outside of North America, suppliers (of all types) are eager to show that they are also growing and covering increased geographies ...

How to Stand Out in a Crowded Market

“Sure, that sounds great. But can you beat the other guy’s price?” Heard this one before? Too often, prospects view staffing as a commodity. In their eyes, all staffing ...

Debunking the IT Industry Myth

Working in IT can be very different from the general picture the media paints of the industry.  Every time you check the front page of the New York Times or any of your other news ...

Real MSP Independence Is a Choice

Why do managed service providers and consultants with no staffing subsidiaries or affiliation, and thus, no ability to fill positions in a managed staffing program, insist that they ...

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