Human Cloud (incl. Online Staffing)
Global Talent Platform Survey: 2021
August 10, 2021
- This is the first Global Talent Platform Survey published by SIA. Results are based on findings in our survey conducted from March through June 2021.
- Talent platforms facilitate direct, digitally-enabled work arrangements of independent workers, from sourcing through payment.
- Included is data... More
Temporary Staffing Platform Update
May 14, 2021
- Overview of the market with a look at trends, market size, primary providers and viewpoints from staffing firms.
- Included is a suitability analysis examining market attributes most conducive to temporary staffing platforms.
- Directories of 60 independent temporary staffing platforms, 26 staffing... More
Introduction to Hiring Platforms
December 15, 2020
- Hiring Platforms are an emerging business model and SIA has identified fewer than 50 companies providing these services.
- Hiring Platforms provide automated hiring solutions via a curated database of candidates who are registered with the platform and have been interviewed, quality assured or vetted... More
Workforce Solutions Ecosystem: 2020 Update
November 30, 2020
- This report is the latest update to SIA'S Workforce Solutions Ecosystem
- Workforce Solutions are third-party products and services relating to the sourcing, engagement and development of employed and non-employed (including contingent) workers
- Classifies all products and services that compromise... More
The Gig Economy and Talent Platform Workforce
November 4, 2020
- This report serves as a supplement to our 80-page The Gig Economy and Talent Platform Landscape report published September 4, 2020, which includes a list of largest talent platforms by gross spend, talent platform market segmentation and an appendix of 267 B2B talent platforms. The talent... More
North America Staffing Company Survey 2020: Human cloud/online staffing, and use of automation in traditional staffing
October 30, 2020
- One in ten staffing firms partnering with or invested in a human cloud service
- Staffing firms more automated on worker side than buyer side
- Large staffing firms most active in process automation
- Rate of involvement in human cloud and automation moderated in 2020
The Gig Economy and Talent Platform Landscape
September 4, 2020
- Talent platforms or the “human cloud” are an emerging group of technology companies that connect workers to work (typically contingent) through a website or some other digital platform.
- In 2019, firms processed $178.5 billion in global human cloud spend. Human cloud platforms that primarily... More
North America Temporary Worker Survey 2020: Are temporary workers turning to human cloud services for employment?
July 17, 2020
- Over 3,000 temporary workers surveyed
- Temps mostly either not aware or not interested in human cloud
- But 9.4% earning at least some income from it currently
- Temp use of consumer-related cloud much higher than business-related
- Top services used: Lyft, Uber, Upwork, Freelancer
The US Gig Economy - 2020 Edition
June 9, 2020
- 54 million people performed contingent work in the US last year, generating $1.3 trillion of revenue
- Up until COVID-19, human cloud portion was continuing to surge, with overall contingent work showing flat to low growth
- Since the onset of the pandemic, the US contingent workforce market... More
Online Job Advertising: 2020 Market Update
May 27, 2020
- Online job advertising is an important recruitment channel for millions of employers and staffing firms. This report includes definitions of the various job advertising business models, a ranked list of the largest 50 companies by revenue, and a global market size estimate for 2019.
- Like many... More