John Schroeder
Managing Director, Custom Research
John is the Managing Director of Custom Research at Staffing Industry Analysts. In this newly created position, he helps clients raise awareness of new and often ground-breaking approaches and technologies that represent the future of contingent work. Recent examples of this include The Future of Diversity and Inclusion in the Contingent Workforce and Achieving Excellence in Direct Sourcing for the Contingent Workforce, both of which are available under “free resources” on this website.
Prior to joining SIA, John led marketing consulting firm Nova Foresight, creating growth strategies for technology, B2B, and consumer companies. Before Nova, he founded and led a global innovation group at market research firm Nielsen. Throughout his career, he has contributed to over $1.4 billion in new revenue for his clients. John holds an MBA in marketing, strategy and finance from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and teaches marketing as an adjunct professor at Loyola University.
Recent Articles
Proving the Diversity Business Case for the Recruitment and Staffing Industry
5 March 2024
Key Findings:
- Staffing firms who are leaders in DE&I enjoy significant competitive advantages.
- Many firms face significant barriers, particularly a lack of candidate diversity data.
- Leaders start small and build programs organically through a virtuous circle.
Proving the Diversity Business Case for the Recruitment and Staffing Industry
5 March 2024
Key Findings:
- Staffing firms who are leaders in DE&I enjoy significant competitive advantages.
- Many firms face significant barriers, particularly a lack of candidate diversity data.
- Leaders start small and build programs organically through a virtuous circle.
The Evolution of Recruiting: 2024 Update to Estimating the Addressable Market for Recruitment Automation
24 January 2024
Key Findings:
- The recruitment process is evolving rapidly due to technology advancements, particularly AI.
- This report profiles changes, technologies, and estimates the global market size.
- We also provide a forecast for growth through 2030 and drivers of market acceptance.
Beyond the Surge: Shaping the Future of Travel Nursing in a Post-Pandemic World
22 December 2023
Key Findings:
- Burnout has the potential to reduce the ranks of travel nurses by 9% in the next year.
- While pay is the top consideration among travel nurses, what separates the most desirable agencies is their attention to the “human” touch.
- Although staffing firms have little control over... More
How the Staffing Industry Can Prepare for the AI Revolution
16 November 2023
Key Findings:
- Nearly 40% of today’s manual processes are expected to be replaced by AI within three years.
- AI will disrupt the industry in at least six separate dimensions
- Not all areas of the funnel will be impacted, with candidate screening and skills assessment, matching and selection, and... More
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
SI Report Webinar August 2023
4 September 2023
What are the practical implications of AI and what does it mean for the future of talent acquisition technology? In this webinar, SIA's John Nurthen and John Schroeder, use SIA's proprietary data to unravel the hype and the hope of AI.
The Evolution of Recruiting: 2023 Update to Estimating the Addressable Market for Recruitment Automation
6 February 2023
- The recruitment process is evolving rapidly due to technology advancements.
- Those who keep up with these changes will have an advantage in a competitive market.
- This report profiles changes, highlights technologies for recruitment automation, and estimates the global market with growth forecasts.... More
Direct Sourcing 3.0: Personalization through Automation
25 November 2022
Key Findings:
- More than half (52%) expect to increase their future direct sourcing development.
- In the face of today’s labor shortage, more see talent access as the key advantage versus cost reduction.
- Today’s leaders see direct sourcing evolving in three areas: sourcing channels, benchmarking,... More
Unlocking the Potential of Parents in the Contingent Workforce
24 October 2022
- Parents comprise a majority of the workforce yet are underutilized despite the acute labor shortage.
- While increased remote work access has removed critical barriers, return-to-work policies threaten these gains.
- The report provides best practices followed by leading organizations to unlock the... More