Human Cloud (incl. Online Staffing)

Temporary Staffing Platform Update: 2024

22 March 2024

  • Overview of the market with a look at trends, market size, segmented growth rates and primary providers.
  • Included is a suitability analysis examining market attributes most conducive to temporary staffing platforms.
  • New to this year's report is The Platform Playbook, which is designed to... More

Analytics and Benchmarking Tools for Talent Acquisition

8 February 2024

  • Analytics & Benchmarking Tools for talent acquisition represent an advanced set of data analysis tools and metrics for comprehensive workforce performance measurement and improvement.
  • This report provides an introduction and overview of the market, with a particular emphasis on specialist... More

Europe Staffing Company Survey 2023: Use of automation: staffing/talent platforms, artificial intelligence, and process automation in traditional staffing

5 December 2023

  • European staffing firms optimistic about big data, robotic process automation, and artificial intelligence
  • 95% of staffing firms plan to use AI over the next five years
  • One in four currently using a staffing/talent platform

UK Staffing Company Survey 2023: Use of automation: staffing/talent platforms, artificial intelligence, and process automation in traditional staffing

3 December 2023

  • UK staffing firms optimistic about big data, robotic process automation, and artificial intelligence
  • 97% of staffing firms plan to use AI over the next five years
  • Enthusiasm for staffing/talent platforms in decline

The Global Gig Economy 2023

17 November 2023

  • This report provides data on the number of gig workers and the revenue they generated.
  • It defines and examines five major categories of gigs.
  • We present a global estimate derived from 18 countries representing approximately 90% of global contingent spend.

Talent Platform Update 2023

6 November 2023

  • Talent platforms facilitate direct, digitally-enabled work arrangements between managers and freelancers.
  • This report provides an in-depth look at the talent platform landscape including market size, largest participants, AI, enterprise adoption, M&A and investment activity, growth drivers... More

The European Gig Economy 2023

11 October 2023

  • See SIA's estimate for contingent work revenue in Europe in 2022, and how this is broken down by five types of work arrangement.
  • We detail the number of workers, penetration rates, and market values of 30 European countries fro temporary workers and independent contractors.
  • Staffing firms and... More

Venture Capital Activity in the Workforce Solutions Ecosystem

3 October 2023

  • Drawing upon 15+ years of data, this analysis represents SIA’s first comprehensive study into venture capital trends across the workforce solutions landscape.
  • Workforce solutions providers seeking venture funding can use this report to be informed on typical deal sizes by stage and category,... More

Platforms Directory

15 September 2023

  • This Directory contains over 700 platforms across 6 different platform categories
  • By "platforms," we refer to two-sided digital marketplaces that facilitate work arrangements
  • Use this tool to identify platforms by category, geography, and occupations served

Unleashing the Power of Direct Sourcing: A Pathway to Workforce Optimization

11 September 2023

Key Findings: 

  • Many direct sourcing pioneers now leverage the approach as an enabler to broader total workforce optimization.
  • Those who succeed find improved talent access, cost reduction, risk mitigation, and business impact.
  • This report profiles these changes and includes a path forward... More