Jon Osborne

VP, Strategic Research

Jon Osborne
josborneSPAMFILTER@staffingindustry.com

After leading SIA's North America Research & Editorial department for nearly a decade, Jon Osborne now focuses on strategic research projects and communication of company research to members via the monthly Staffing Industry Report webinar. Previously, he had a 15-year career in bank financial analysis and investor relations at Bank of America. He holds an M.B.A. and B.A. in economics from the University of Chicago.

Recent Articles

North America Staffing Company Survey 2023: Remote work for temporary workers and internal staff, its effect on operations, and recommended best practices

September 23, 2023

  • Detailed temp and staff remote work trends by skill segment
  • How remote work affects temp operations--and how to mitigate downsides
  • Over 350 staffing firms surveyed

North America Staffing Company Survey 2023: Initial Findings

September 8, 2023

  • Early overview of the 2023 staffing company survey results
  • Top executives from 515 staffing firms surveyed
  • Topics include remote work, technology, compliance issues and more

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2023: Full Report

August 28, 2023

  • Nearly 4,300 temps from 44 firms surveyed
  • Temp preferences, plans, opinions, choices
  • 282 page report accumulates all previous temp surveys

Global Staffing Technology Supplier Survey

August 18, 2023

  • This is SIA's first survey of technology suppliers to the staffing industry
  • Topics include customer experience, business dynamics, and effect of emerging technologies
  • Sixty staffing technology suppliers surveyed

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2023: Virtual interviews and in-person interviews: which do temporary workers prefer?

June 4, 2023

  • Virtual vs. in-person interview preferences vary notably by temp demographics
  • Virtual interviews offer convenience, time/cost savings, but some temps got more out of in-person interviews
  • 2,700 temporary workers surveyed

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2023: Advice to new temporary workers, mistakes to avoid, how to succeed

May 18, 2023

  • Over 2,000 temporary workers offer advice to those new to temp work
  • Ten themes dominate responses
  • Most common advice about communication and knowing your manager and team

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2023: Temporary worker demographics and work experience statistics

May 11, 2023

  • Temp age, gender, and racial distributions
  • Wages, weekly hours, assignment length, temp career length, number of agencies used
  • Over 2,000 temporary workers surveyed

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2023: Trends in temp use of talent platforms and work services platforms

April 29, 2023

  • One in eleven temps working for online work platforms
  • Use varies by temp skill set, wage, age
  • Over 3,000 temps surveyed

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2023: Prevalence of remote work among temporary workers, how much they value it, and advice on how to make it better

April 23, 2023

  • More than half of temps worked remotely in 2022
  • How temp productivity is monitored by clients
  • Three ways to make temp remote work experience better

North America Internal Staff Survey 2023: Full Report

April 16, 2023

  • Essential source for advice on internal staff recruiting, retention, and advice to management
  • 205 page aggregation of nine SIA internal staff surveys
  • Over 23,000 internal staff surveyed