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North America Temporary Worker Survey 2022: COVID-19: Effect on attitudes, concerns about mandatory vaccination

June 16, 2022

  • Temp experience with COVID-19 pandemic strengthened staff loyalty to agencies and temp work
  • Most OK with mandatory vaccination -- but a significant minority not OK with it
  • Over 4,000 temporary workers surveyed

Outplacement Landscape 2022

April 29, 2022

  • This is the third Outplacement Landscape published by SIA and provides an overview of the difficult market that unfolded in 2021
  • At the same time, increasing career activism among organizations keen to retain workers in a market suffering from acute skills shortages has allowed outplacement firms... More

Workforce Solutions Webinar – SIA IN DISCUSSION WITH UTMOST: Today's Talent Challenge: How Leaders Can Optimize Their Entire Workforce

April 20, 2022

Today’s workforce is transforming at a rapid pace, especially when it comes to non-employee labor. As this sector nears the same size as full-time employees in most organizations, leaders must transform their contingent workforce programs to ensure they’re getting the most value by managing the entire... More


Key Strategies in CW Program Performance Management

April 12, 2022

During this webinar, we will learn how some of the best contingent workforce programs in the world are adapting to the constant change of market conditions, competitive landscape, and a never-ending demand for more.


Most Complex Contingent Markets Globally 2022

April 8, 2022

  • This report comprehensively compares 75 contingent markets across 12 different criteria. These criteria assess the merits and characteristics of each market to determine the complexity of establishing a contingent workforce.
  • The factors measured cover aspects such as market maturity, regulations,... More

Ukraine Resources

April 7, 2022

  • Resources for those who want to provide work opportunities for Ukrainian refugees
  • See a list of new initiatives where you can post jobs to targeted Ukrainian jobseekers including those with niche skills
  • Information on places where you can make a charitable donations.

Latin America Legal Update Q1 2022

March 30, 2022

  • This report is a comprehensive round up of the legal developments affecting the workforce solutions ecosystem across the Latin America region in Q1 2022
  • Important legal developments this quarter include changes to employers obligations regarding labour documentation and a ground-breaking law protecting... More

The Future of Candidate Evaluation: a New Paradigm

March 28, 2022

  • An analysis of emerging approaches to assess candidate quality and best practices.
  • The study draws from surveys among 266 enterprise buyers, staffing firms,  VMSs, and MSPs.
  • Leaders in the candidate assessment achieve superior candidate quality, ROI, and acquisition cost.

Understanding the New Platform Environment

March 16, 2022

  • This report brings together data from a number of different SIA platform research reports, and acts as a one-stop compendium for all things platform-related for the benefit of workforce solutions program managers.
  • Use this report to develop a better understanding of the evolving platform environment... More

North America Legal Update Q1 2022

March 16, 2022

  • This report is a comprehensive round up of the legal developments affecting the workforce solutions ecosystem across the US and Canada in Q1 2022
  • Important legal developments this quarter include Ontario’s proposal for minimum wage for gig workers, US federal ban-the-box law and state laws on... More