Archived Blog Posts
Tis the Season for Higher Margins
November 27, 2012Buyers of staffing services are not going to be finding bargains this season; a shortage of certain skills sets is back on.
It was different during the recession, when staffing firms’... More
Part II: The Reality of Social Recruiting and How to Approach It
November 16, 2012In Part I of this series, I suggested that one of the largest challenges to staffing firms pursuing and taking advantage of “social recruiting” was achieving a clear understanding... More
Elance: A Case of Extraordinary Reinvention and Innovation within the “Staffing Industry” Ecosystem
November 9, 2012The histories of formation of “online staffing” platform providers provide rich, interesting, and informative insights into this emerging industry segment. Freelancer.com,... More
Calling All Agencies to Be A Best Place to Work
November 5, 2012Would you miss out on the chance to receive seven times more qualified resumes than your competition?
Companies that show up on a Best Place to Work list have that advantage. Don’t... More
MSP Usage Trending Down
October 29, 2012Far From the Madding Crowd—Crowdsourcing Comes of Age at CrowdConf 2012
October 24, 2012I have to confess—I am a big Thomas Hardy fan. And I can’t help but to suggest that his protagonist, Bathsheba Everdine, may have been one of the earlier adopters of crowdsourcing... More
Don’t Call Me, Call my MSP
October 22, 2012It’s a very familiar scenario. And it doesn’t matter what staffing segment you are in. The common complaint: MSPs block suppliers from contacting the client.
At last week’s Healthcare... More
"Online Staffing" - Seeing the Forest For the Trees
October 22, 2012"On-line staffing" (which our SIA Lexicon currently defines as "a type of Talent Exchange--typified by a growing number of companies like oDesk and Elance-- consisting... More
Part I: The Reality of "Social Recruiting" and How To Approach It
October 19, 2012I was recently asked to talk about “social media and recruiting” (for staffing firms: how to approach it, what to do, etc.) at the SIA Healthcare Staffing Summit held this past... More
Staffings firms? More help to demystify Unified Communications (UC)
October 12, 2012In a recent post, "Unified Communications (UC): A Technology Perspective Essential to Staffing Firms," I introduced the case for why this particular perspective... More