Archived Blog Posts
Making a Business Case
August 27, 2013Have you ever tried convincing your manager to make a change?
Change typically involves more resources, either time, money or both. Sometimes it involves a different way of doing something... More
New Elance Data Indicate Accelerated Growth
August 21, 2013An Elance press release today announced the publication of the company’s semi-annual Global Online Employment Report, indicating continuing high growth in freelancer earnings (i.e.,... More
There’s a List for That
August 20, 2013Buyers Love it. Suppliers think it’s a great marketing tool. The Staffing Industry Analysts Staffing Firm Market Landscape and Book of Lists is a one-stop shopping resource for companies... More
Is The World Going Part-Time?
August 13, 2013The numbers have it. Here’s the story so far. July's modest gain of 162,000 jobs was the smallest since March. And most of the job growth came in lower-paying industries or part-time... More
Are You Staffing -- Online?
August 6, 2013Two years ago anecdotal evidence found that online staffing had barely penetrated the contingent market, with contingent workforce managers paying little or no attention to this new... More
oDesk Releases a Treasure Trove of Statistics Documenting the Rise of Online Work
August 6, 2013In its press release yesterday, “oDesk Reaches $1 Billion Spent Cumulatively via its Online Workplace,” the company not only announced its crossing of a key milestone $1 billion... More
Does Elance Provide a Special Lens for Examining the 2013 US e-Work Economy?
August 5, 2013On Aug. 1, Elance previewed some findings from its Q2 Employment Report (to be released later this month). Unlike rough-grained government labor reports, information monitored on the... More
What’s Next? The Lean and Agile Staffing Firm
July 10, 2013Staffing businesses are — like financial service or retail businesses — service intermediaries that add value (to two or more parties to a transaction) through specialization, best-practices,... More
Window Shopping: Trying New Suppliers, Discarding Old
June 26, 2013Some refer to it as an eye for trends. Others call it experimenting. Certain folks criticize it as a roving eye. When buyers of staffing services do it, it’s called “trying new... More
"Driving Excellence in Staffing Operations:" Mike Cleland “writes the book” on the business of staffing
June 23, 2013Even with all the talk of “technology, disruption, and disintermediation,” we all know -- to evoke Mark Twain -- that the reports of the demise of the staffing industry “have... More