Insight - Engineering Staffing Growth Update
- Pulse survey reports uptick in January and February
- Hiring up in manufacturing and automotive sectors
- Labor shortage indicated for several engineering occupations
Insight - Clinical/Scientific Staffing Growth Update
- Segment revenue grew 14% in 2011
- R&D employment continues strong secular growth
- Labor shortage indicated for several R&D occupations
Insight - Marketing/Creative Growth Update
- Segment revenue expected to rise 7% in 2012
- Total employment growth flat to modestly positive
- Unemployment rates decline for several occupations
Insight - Healthcare Staffing Growth Update
- Segment revenue projected to rise 9% in 2012
- Total employment growth accelerating in hospitals, decelerating in nursing and residential care, and steady in outpatient services
- Labor shortages indicated for a number of occupations
Insight - 1Q12 Financial results for publicly-held staffing firms
- Revenue in 1Q12 rose a median 7.9% y/y for ten of largest firms
- Roughly 80% of the 28 firms reported a profit
Legs & Regs - Legs & Regs Advisor: April 2012
- New obligations for Massachusetts employers conducting criminal background checks
- Rhode Island bill creates presumption workers are employees
- California employers win on interpretation of duty ‘to provide’ meal periods
- Maryland’s ‘Facebook law’ raises obstacles for employers
- State labor agency modifies interpretation of the California wage theft prevention act
Insight - 2012 Temporary Worker Survey: How did you first learn about your current staffing firm?
- #1 way temps found agency: "they contacted me"
- Referrals, job board, and web searches also cited frequently
- Less effective than expected: Social networking, branding
Insight - 2012 Temporary Worker Survey: What Are Staffing Firms Doing Right? What Could They Do Better?
- Top thing to improve: "communications," cited more frequently than pay or benefits
- In general, soft factors very significant for temps
- Among temps who liked agency, many cited positive attitude of staff, good communication, timely pay
Special Report - 2011 Contingent Buyer Survey & 2006-2010 Cumulative Index
- 301-page aggregation of all previous buyer surveys
- Best practices, metrics, updated projections
- Trends in VMS, MSP, buyer management of staffing firms
- First-ever comp data for contingent managers
Insight - 2012 Internal Employee Compensation Estimator
- Detailed internal staff comp data
- Data from 7,700 individuals at 141 staffing firms
- Detail by job title, company size, experience, segment, metro
- Interactive tool available for immediate download
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