Operational Metrics & Best Practices

North America Staffing Company Survey 2021: Frequency of pay and methods of pay for internal staff and temporary workers

December 5, 2021

  • Pay frequency and method varies by industry skill segment
  • Paycards gaining traction in some sectors
  • Over 300 staffing firms surveyed

Staffing Executive Compensation Analysis: 2021 Update

November 22, 2021

  • Total compensation increased by a median 0.8% in 2020 in our study of 82 executives at 42 publicly traded staffing, executive search, and other workforce solutions firms globally. 
  • Americas firms posted the highest median compensation at USD 1,725,408. Firms in Europe, the Middle East, and... More

North America Staffing Company Survey 2021: Virtual interviewing preferences and best practices

November 10, 2021

  • The key advantages of virtual interviewing, and of in-person interviewing
  • How to make virtual interviewing work for you
  • 395 staffing firms surveyed

North America Staffing Company Survey 2021: Fill rates, time-to-fill rates, and methods of calculation

October 29, 2021

  • Detailed time-to-fill and fill rate benchmarks by staffing segment
  • Two methods of time-to-fill calculation dominate
  • 327 staffing firms surveyed

North America Staffing Company Survey 2021: Highest-return sales, marketing, and recruiting tactics

October 21, 2021

  • Staffing execs reveal which tactics work best in their companies
  • Just a few tactics dominated in each of sales, marketing, and recruiting
  • 300+ staffing industry top executives surveyed

15 Best Practices in Managing Your Staffing Business

September 30, 2021

  • Fifteen key tactics and strategies culled from a decade of SIA surveys
  • Tips to optimize sales, recruiting, and management
  • Best practice recommendations from staffing execs, temps, and internal staff

Women in Leadership in the US Staffing Industry

September 3, 2021

  • Women account for the majority of staffing firm internal staff, yet remain underrepresented at the executive and board level
  • For large staffing firms at the median, women comprised 56% of internal staff, but 26% of executives and 16% of board members
  • This report highlights a range of strategies... More

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2021: Full Report

July 18, 2021

  • Over 2,000 temps from 21 firms surveyed
  • Temp preferences, plans, opinions, choices
  • 257 page report accumulates all previous temp surveys

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2021: Preferences, use, and awareness of staffing firm websites/apps

July 11, 2021

  • The six website/app features temps most want added to agency sites
  • How to double the effectiveness of website/app functionality
  • 1,400 temporary workers surveyed

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2021: What do temporary workers prefer to be called?

June 11, 2021

  • Nearly four out of five temporary workers want to be called something else
  • Preferences varied sharply by wage, age, and occupation
  • Over 1,700 temporary workers surveyed