John Nurthen
Executive Director, Global Research
John Nurthen manages the team that delivers Staffing Industry Analysts' international research content. He has over 25 years' experience in the staffing industry, having previously worked in senior managerial roles for three of the world's largest staffing companies: Select Appointments, Vedior and Randstad. He played an active role in major equity offerings and mergers.
Nurthen was a founder of the International Review of Employment, published in four languages, and DOVA, one of the largest global databases of online vacancies. He played a leading role in the development of common data standards with the creation of HR-XML SIDES.
He has held responsibility for internal and external communications, e-Business, technology matters, marketing, research, procurement and corporate social responsibility. Nurthen's experience makes him an authority on global recruitment and contingent workforce issues.
Recent Articles
Software Integration Best Practices for Staffing Companies
19 August 2022
- The proliferation of HR tech available to staffing companies enables them to create an extensive technology ecosystem connecting them with candidates, employees, and clients
- But, to deliver a seamless experience to all users and to make the extensive amounts of data operationally useful, attention... More
Unicorns in the Workforce Solutions Ecosystem
18 August 2022
- There is much innovation happening in the Workforce Solutions Ecosystem and nowhere is that more apparent than among startups that have attracted enough investment interest to achieve unicorn status.
- This report identifies 72 such unicorns with company profiles and an analysis by category and... More
Workforce Solutions Ecosystem 2022
1 July 2022
- This is our annual update which codifies and defines the various parts of the Workforce Solutions Ecosystem. It is an essential guide for those who operate within this Ecosystem and also those who procure services or products from it.
- 2021 has been a year in which the ecosystem has emerged strongly... More
EMEA SI Report Webinar - June 2022
24 June 2022
In this webinar our expert Analysts share trends across the staffing industry, with an update on current legal developments across Europe.
Global Staffing Back Office Software Landscape
1 June 2022
- Following our review of front office software at the end of 2021, this is SIA’s first detailed look at the vendor landscape for back office software
- This report provides a high level overview of 56 global back office software vendors together with a very detailed analysis of 19 of the leading... More
Outplacement Landscape 2022
29 April 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
Understanding the New Platform Environment
16 March 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
EMEA SI Report Webinar - February 2022
21 February 2022
SIA Analysts share insights from our recent buyer and staffing surveys in this hour long webinar.
Staffing Trends 2022
25 January 2022
- The fifth in SIA’s series of annual Staffing Trends reports of which the aim is to highlight significant trends that are likely to make 2022 different from prior years.
- Seven key trends highlighted for 2022
- Compared to the pre-pandemic year of 2019, the staffing industry in 2022 is more resilient,... More
APAC SIR Webinar - Global Trends and Their Impact on the Australian Staffing Market
3 September 2021
SIA’s John Nurthen, Executive Director of Global Research and Adam Pode, Director of Research for EMEA and APAC discuss a number of important trends, including remote working, new technology solutions, the growth of platform work and more.