Crowdsourcing Platforms

16 July 2014

• This Insight Report provides an introduction to the category of Human Cloud platforms which SIA defines as Crowdsourcing. 
• The SIA definition of Crowdsourcing platforms is clarified, the scope and dimensions of the space estimated, and the foregoing is substantiated by citing many representative... More

2014 Online Staffing Platform Landscape: Can more be better?

26 June 2014

• We have identified 145 online staffing platform businesses operating around the world, including 33 “witkeys” (the Chinese variant of online staffing). There are actually likely to a larger number of tiny platform businesses we have not detected yet.
• In 2013, only a fairly small number of... More

SIA research: Buyers’ best advice for recruiting and retaining former employees

25 June 2014

Sometimes, former employees can be a valuable asset to a CW program. Buyers of contingent labor report methods of recruiting and retaining them that tend to work best. Among them, creating an alumni groups via social media and sharing periodic updates and job openings. Read more here. 

Into the Future

4 June 2014

• See the results of audience survey on the evolution of the contingent workforce
• Understand where there are skill shortages
• What strategies are being used to counteract these

Online Services Platforms: Can they work?

28 May 2014

• Online Services platforms belong to a unique category in the SIA Human Cloud Platform taxonomy, alongside (and sometimes overlapping with) Online Staffing and Crowdsourcing platforms
• In Online Services, businesses (wherever they are) purchase a specific service offered by the platform; the platform... More

Online Staffing and Human Cloud Platforms: Staffing Firms' Response and Engagement

31 March 2014

• Online Staffing and Human Cloud platforms have become a focus of much interest for many staffing firms since 2012 and some staffing firms are beginning to engage with these platforms actively in productive and innovative ways.
• Data show that staffing firm awareness, business interest in, and actual... More

Online Work Platform Models and Labor-related Compliance: Why It’s Not A Contradiction in Terms

3 March 2014

• As online work platforms have become more visible to staffing businesses and buyers, questions have arisen as to whether these platform businesses can really act like typical staffing firms.
• Online work platforms can act in ways that are similar to the more established, typical staffing business/compliance... More

“Online Staffing” Platform Businesses - Industry Segment Forecast Through 2020

2 January 2014

• Total global online staffing segment spend/ market size to grow significantly by 2020, as most of the underlying conditions and drivers seem to support expansion (versus restriction) of online platform-based spend.
• Three forecasts illustrate what we consider credible, supportable range of possible... More

The Anatomy of the Markup

25 November 2013

• Markup and components of bill rate are explained in the report
• Report discusses how burden, SG&A expense and target operating profit affect markup

Incorporating Statement of Work (SOW) Consultants Into Your Program - August 2013

22 August 2013

• Watch the full webinar on demand
• Incorporating SOW consultants into your program
• Duration approximately 1 hour