Archived Blog Posts
Who’s Wading in the Stream?
December 16, 2013Our guest blogging site, The Staffing Stream, was built on the idea of getting the different factions in the industry — buyers, suppliers, VMS, MSPs and tech vendors — to... More
Kelly, oDesk and the “Hybridization” of Staffing in 2013
December 16, 2013The recently announced partnership between Kelly and oDesk is not just an isolated landmark event in the staffing industry, it is a part of a whole process of evolution and transformation... More
When Picketers are Temps
December 10, 2013Temp worker flexibility has been stretched to a whole new level. Here’s how it goes down.
There’s a strike to protest a lack of benefits. Union A hires temps to dissent alongside... More
SOW: It’s Here, There and Everywhere
December 2, 2013If buyers love it, can staffing firms be far behind? No, I am not talking about customers’ appetite for cutting costs, but rather the fascination with anything SOW — statement of... More
Online Staffing/Human Cloud Trifecta: freelancer.com, Elance and Something Else
November 18, 2013It seems that in the small emerging space of online staffing and human cloud platforms there is some new development or announcement every week. Because I monitor this space daily,... More
Source Smart: The Deck is Stacked in favor of the “Skilled” Worker
November 4, 2013We’ve all heard the stories about how hard it is to get talent and how there’s a war raging for these qualified professionals. The take-away from this is the word qualified. Qualified... More
Healthcare Industry Evolution Is Good News for All
October 21, 2013So much is still being said about the Affordable Care Act that people are glazing over some important realities.
In 2014, 13 million more people under the age of 65 are becoming insured.... More
freelancer.com’s IPO Prospectus Allows a Look Under the Hood of a Large Global Online Staffing Platform Business
October 16, 2013Since we started studying online staffing platforms in 2012, there have been a lot of questions about what is really going on in these companies? How do they compute revenues? What... More
Have Cool Website, Will Attract Talent
October 15, 2013The “Online Staffing/Human Cloud” Top 8 (Most Influential) List: Finding New Ways To Make Work Work
October 10, 2013While I realize that “online staffing” and other “human cloud” platforms are not the favorite topics of everyone in the staffing industry, as a research analyst whose job it... More