Internationalisation of Talent

18 June 2014

• Expert insights into future trends
• Webinar replay on demand (approx 1 hour)
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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 Rise of Online Work

9 December 2013

Get a view of how Online Work has developed over the last few years.

See which freelancers are in demand

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800,000 New Freelancers Join Elance

13 February 2013

Elance reports billings and usage have grown by nearly 50 percent, and has signaled that it would be targeting larger businesses in the future.

Online Staffing on the Global Stage

30 January 2013

Online staffing platforms continue to gain traction as a source for contingent workers not just for companies based in the United States, but for those around the world as well.  

Why 2013 Is the Year of the Freelancer

9 January 2013

This will be the year of the freelancer, proclaims Darrell Jones, editor-in-chief of Elance. Read why in The Staffing Stream.

SIA Research: Who's Buying Online Staffing Services

12 December 2012

This report from Staffing Industry Analysts, available to corporate and CWS council members, describes the face of the online staffing industry, how large it really is and who its users are.