Operational Metrics & Best Practices

North America Staffing Company Survey 2016: Temp-to-hire Conversion Rates, Fees, and Policies

November 2, 2016

  • One in five temps convert to perm
  • Commercial temps three times more likely to convert than professional
  • Reported conversion fees declined from 2009

Staffing Executive Compensation Analysis: 2016 Update

October 18, 2016

  • Total compensation fell by a median 3.04% in 2015 among the two highest-paid executives at a selection of 60 publicly traded staffing firms, search firms, job boards, PEOs and online staffing platforms. The firms were based in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa.
  • Median total compensation... More

North America Staffing Company Survey 2016: Internal Staff and Temporary Worker Satisfaction Surveys

October 8, 2016

  • Most staffing firms survey internal staff and/or temps
  • Internally-generated satisfaction surveys most common
  • Larger firms more likely to use an outside vendor

North America Staffing Company Survey 2016: “Bench model” usage rates and best practices

September 21, 2016

  • 25% of staffing firms use bench model to some degree
  • But nearly twice that many expect to in next ten years
  • Staffing execs offer advice about when/how to use it

North America Staffing Company Survey 2016: Staffing firm use of self-insurance vs. conventional healthcare insurance

September 6, 2016

  • 317 staffing firms surveyed
  • One in five self-insure for temp healthcare
  • Largest firms most likely to self-insure

MSP Market Developments: Part 2

August 24, 2016

  • Understand the size and growth of the global MSP market
  • Identifies dominant work arrangements, sourcing models, program types, funding and pricing models
  • Captures high level services adoption
  • Identifies market size by buyer market size, industry and occupational classifications   ... More

US IT Staffing Benchmarking Survey 2016: Summary Report

August 23, 2016

  • Summary of findings; full report available only to survey participants
  • The 17 survey respondents represent a total of $2.1 billion in IT staffing revenue in 2015
  • Total IT staffing revenue among the survey respondents grew 9.3% year-over-year in 2015, driven by an increase of 8.7% in volume (hours... More

North America Internal Staff Survey 2016: Satisfaction with employers (or lack thereof), and what drives it

July 5, 2016

  • 15,000 staffing firm internal staff surveyed
  • Key to satisfaction: good work environment, leadership
  • Option to work at home also a plus

North America Internal Staff Survey 2016: For your firm, what is its greatest strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat?

June 20, 2016

  • 9,000+ internal staff identify staffing firm strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats
  • Biggest strength: people and how they are managed
  • Biggest weakness: compensation & benefits

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2016: What information should staffing firms do a better job communicating?

May 23, 2016

  • Temps want better communications even more than better pay
  • Top area for improvement: feedback on job performance
  • What staffing firms already communicate well: job opportunities