Archived Blog Posts
Let the Games Begin: oDesk Takes Aim at the Medium to Large Enterprise Market
April 15, 2013Are the Benefits Offered By Your Staffing Firm Competitive? It Matters.
April 15, 2013The fact is that temp benefits is not really part of the tête-à-tête between buyers of staffing services and their suppliers. Sure, it’s in the contract. But the reality is that... More
Best Staffing Firms to Work For Can be Your Best Suppliers Too
April 2, 2013Why are companies clamoring to be on the top of a Best Places to Work list?
Staffing firms win. It’s an honor, yes, but it’s not just about the prestige. The true business value... More
Social Recruiting Via the Crowd
April 1, 2013It used to be that corporations would pay employees referral bonuses when they recommended friends for jobs. The higher the position on the corporate ladder, the larger the bonus. Workers... More
What Is RPO?
March 26, 2013Remember the days when recruitment process outsourcing was dismissed as vaporware? A decade later, the staffing industry has labeled it as up-and-coming. It is a growing $4 billion... More
How do I get there?
March 22, 2013The staffing industry is now truly multinational. Our survey of the world’s three largest staffing companies – Adecco, Randstad and ManpowerGroup – showed that the latter has... More
Unlikely Valentine: Staffing Firms Learn to Love the MSP
March 19, 2013Some suppliers are in the midst of a red-hot love affair with their MSPs. And it’s been great all the way around. Why is the courtship such a happy one?
These suppliers know... More
Pet Peeves: The Buyers’ Turn
March 5, 2013Their tales could fill a book. Last month I blogged about staffing suppliers’ pet peeves regarding their clients. Well, buyers have their own issues with suppliers. Over the years,... More
"At-Home/Off-Site" Work Arrangements: Is Yahoo's Marissa Mayer Really Trying to Bomb Them Back to the Stone Age? Come on....
March 3, 2013I think I understand Mayer's reason for looking to revamp the off-site work policy at Yahoo. Lots of work-at-home employees, in a company that has been flailing for years,... More
The Art of the Easy Profit
February 19, 2013All businesses want to grow and be profitable. Those in the staffing industry are no different. But here’s what is. Next week at the Executive Forum in Orlando, Staffing Industry... More