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For Staffing Companies

Corporate Membership

Staffing Segments

Commercial Staffing
 Industrial
 Light Industrial
 Transportation & Logistics
 Construction
 Office/Clerical
 Other Commercial

Professional

Clinical/Biotech/Scientific
 Creative/Marketing
 Education/Training/Library
 Finance & Accounting
 Healthcare
 Allied
 Locum Tenens
 Per Diem Nursing
 Physician Permanent Placement
 Travel Nursing
 Home care/Home healthcare
 Information Technology
 IT Staffing
 IT Services/Solutions
 Interim Executives
 Legal
 Technical/Engineering
 Other Professional

Types of Staffing Services

Job board
 Outplacement
 Place & Search
 Contingent search / permanent placement / direct hire / employment agency
 Executive Search
 Retained Search
 Temp-to Hire / temp-to-perm
 Professional Employer Organization (PEO) / Employee Leasing / Payrolling
 Seasonal employee / seasonal worker
 Social networking
 Management Services & Outsourcing
 Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
 Human Resources Outsourcing (HRO)
 Managed Services Provider (MSP)
 Master Supplier
 Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
 Vendor on Premise (VOP)

Market and Business Environment

Competitive landscape/ market share
 Forecasts & market estimates
 Legislative / Legal Environment
 Legislation / Court Decisions
 Co-employment/ risk mitigation
 Discrimination / Sexual Harassment
 Workers’ Compensation
 Staffing buyer plans and key decision drivers, annual survey
 Temporary employment statistics & trends
 Vertical markets (government, auto, etc.)
 Women & minority owned businesses

News

Legal / criminal / lawsuit
 People / executive moves
 Sales / contracts / key accounts
 Staffing industry events & forums

Staffing Firm Internal Management Issues

 Benchmarks/metrics
 Best practices
 Franchising
 Internal Personnel
 Compensation
 Organizational structure
 Recruiting
 Training
 Turnover/Retention
 Marketing / advertising
 Sample contracts
 Suppliers to staffing industry
 Temporary Personnel
 Bill Rate / Pay Rate / Markup
 Temporary Employee Benefits
 Recruiting / skill shortages
 Screening
 Testing
 Turnover/Retention

Staffing Firm Finance

Bankruptcy
 Earnings
 Gross margins
 Profit / net income / EBITDA / earnings
 Revenue Funding /Factoring / IPO / Private Equity / Venture Capital / Stock Issuance
 Mergers & acquisitions
 Stock performance / stock price / stock market

Technology

Back-office software / billing / accounts receivable
 Front-office software / skills testing / candidate matching
 Time and availability systems
 Vendor management system (VMS)
 Economic/Labor Statistics/Surveys
 Economic statistics
 Economic forecasts
 Economic growth
 Employment
 Labor demographics
 Unemployment
 Wages, salaries & benefits
 NON SIA Surveys & Reports American Staffing Association Staffing Index
 American Staffing Association Staffing Employment and Sales Survey
 CareerBuilder.com Job Forecast
 Dice Tech Appeal Index
 Economic Cycle Research Institute Weekly Leading Index
 ExecuNet Recruiters Confidence Index
 Hudson Employment Index
 Manufacturing ISM Report on Business
 Non-Manufacturing ISM Report on Business
 Monster Local Employment Index
 Monster Employment Index
 National Association of Computer Consultants Businesses IT Employment Index
 Society for Human Resource Management Leading Indicator of National Employment
 Spherion Employee Confidence Index
 Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey
 The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index
 The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series
 The Conference Board Help-Wanted Index
 The Conference Board Chief Executives’ Confidence Measure
 U.S. Govt. DOL Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report (Initial Employment Claims)
 U.S. Govt. Beige Book: Summary of Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve
 U.S. Govt. BLS Regional and State Employment and Unemployment
 U.S. Govt. BLS Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
 U.S. Govt. BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
 U.S. Govt. BLS Real Average Weekly Earnings
 U.S. Govt. BLS Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers
 Yoh Index of Technology Wages

Conferences

Staffing Industry Executive Forum
 Healthcare Staffing Summit

For Buyers of Staffing Services

Contingent Workforce Strategies Council

Contingent Workforce Strategies Council (CWSC) is an annual subscription membership service for procurement, HR, IT, and business unit executives with responsibilities for their company's use of contingent workers and contingent workforce solutions. These executives set strategy and policy, determine usage levels, authorize spend, select or manage suppliers, select and implement VMS/MSPs, and negotiate supplier contracts. A CWSC membership translates into fresh insights, improved decision-making and real savings of time and money. All information is available electronically for a single fee to an unlimited number of users.
 
 The Contingent Workforce Strategies Council offers a variety of services including:

• Exclusive proprietary research and benchmarks providing insight on contingent workforce programs and the suppliers who support them
• A comprehensive set of templates, decision-support tools and reference guides to support program owners, executives and other key personnel
• Best practices covering a wide range of critical topics such as calculating cost savings and measuring internal customer satisfaction
• Dynamic peer networking opportunities where members can interact and learn from other professionals in the growing field of contingent workforce management
• Access to Staffing Industry's team of analysts

Information for buyers is centered around core "buyer only" topics which include:

Staffing Buyer Specific Issues

Contingent Workforce Optimization Roadmap
 Target: Identify ROI Drivers
 Target: Survey CW Macro Trends
 Target: Define As-Is State
 Target: Characterize Desired State
 Target: Build Business Case
 Architect: Choose CW Sourcing Model
 Architect: Establish Metrics and KPIs
 Architect: Select CW Program Partner(s)
 Architect: Negotiate Partner Contract(s)
 Implement: Structure Implementation
 Implement: Establish Policies & Business Rules
 Implement: Determine Ongoing Roles & Responsibilities
 Implement: Configure IS Infrastructure
 Implement: Set-up Supply Chain
 Implement: Launch Program
 Maximize returns: Maximize Talent Value
 Maximize returns: Delight Internal Customers
 Maximize returns: Drive Agency Performance
 Maximzie returns: Broaden Program Adoption & Scope
 Manage investment: Control Spend
 Manage investment: Mitigate Risk
 Manage investment: Manage Program Resources
 Buyer internal decision makers/HR/procurement
 Case studies in contingent workforce management
 Nontraditional forms of employment/contractors/freelance
 Request for proposal (RFP)
 Sourcing models
 Testing and training contingent workers

Also available:

Contingent Workforce Strategies Magazine
 Conferences
 Contingent Workforce Summit