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Total Talent Acquisition Developments 2019

18 December 2019

  • Examines trends in the Total Talent Acquisition landscape
  • Identifies market drivers, benefits and inhibitors
  • Describes the types of services being supported
  • Highlights providers that have total talent solutions

MSP Global Landscape and Differentiators Full Report 2019

12 December 2019

This report, which includes detailed information about 26 providers:

  • Examines the global landscape of the Managed Service Provider (MSP) market
  • Identifies benefits of MSP adoption including case studies 
  • Summarizes key innovations and investments
  • Outlines the geographic footprint of providers ... More

VMS Global Landscape and Differentiators Full Report 2019

10 December 2019

This report, which includes detailed information about 16 providers:

  • Examines the global landscape of the vendor management system (VMS) market
  • Identifies benefits of VMS adoption including case studies 
  • Summarizes key innovations and investments
  • Outlines the geographic footprint of providers ... More

RPO Global Landscape 2019

26 November 2019

  • We estimate the 2018 global RPO market at $5.4 billion.
  • The market size has increased by 27% from SIA’s last market estimate of 2016. 
  • Despite a softer economic backdrop, SIA expects double digit growth to continue.

Most Complex Staffing Markets Globally

15 November 2019

  • SIA's own methodology for evaluating the complexity of each contingent market using a mixture of our own and third-party sources.
  • This provides a basic structure for understanding the ease in which a contingent workforce programme can be put in place and a template for comparing a wide range of... More

Best Practices in Global Sourcing

8 November 2019

Implementing a multi-country Contingent Workforce Program as consistently as possible is a complex undertaking. Using this report and recommended additional reports and documents, will help to address many of the challenges you may face when undertaking a global expansion. minimize or eliminate many... More


VMS Landscape & Differentiators 2019 Part 1: VMS Global Landscape

6 November 2019

  • We estimate $170 billion of spend on contingent workers and services passed through a VMS in 2018
  • Double-digit growth in VMS spend across EMEA and APAC with slower growth in the Americas
  • Evidence of spend growth in the mid-market

Asia Pacific Legal Update Q3 2019

16 October 2019

  • In this report, we round up the legal developments affecting the workforce solutions ecosystem across the Asia Pacific region in Q3 2019:
  • Australia: Proposed amendments to SA labour hire licensing scheme; Work Health and Safety Guidelines for labour hire businesses and hosts; Controversial decision... More

Contingent Workforce Optimization Roadmap

30 September 2019

  • This report summarizes the main characteristics of the Contingent Workforce Optimization RoadmapTM, and includes, (as separate Excel files), an example project timeline and stakeholder management matrix, as well as references to relevant and associated SIA research. As such, it serves as a comprehensive... More

MSP Landscape and Differentiators. Part 1: Global MSP Landscape

6 September 2019

  • We estimate $141 billion of spend under management passed through an MSP
  • Global growth slowed with EMEA outperforming the Americas and APAC
  • Largest providers include Allegis Global Solutions, KellyOCG, Pontoon, Randstad Sourceright and TAPFIN