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 2022: Staffing firm plans for use of vendor-provided services

October 20, 2022

  • Staffing firms were asked about plans for use of 32 vendor-provided services
  • Responses revealed which services are "booming" and which not
  • Over 300 staffing firms surveyed

Global Staffing Company Survey 2022: Front-office and back-office software: popular vendors, use of proprietary systems, and user satisfaction

October 12, 2022

  • List of the most popular front-office and back-office software vendors
  • Key drivers of satisfaction -- what to look for when choosing a vendor
  • Over 400 staffing firms surveyed

North America Staffing Company Survey 2022: Remote work for temporary workers and internal staff, its effect on operations, and recommended best practices

September 19, 2022

  • 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 2022: Mergers and acquisitions: Multiples paid and acquisition best practices

September 6, 2022

  • Range of EBITDA multiples paid, full trend from 2009-2022
  • Current valuations highest on record
  • Acquisition scenarios that work, best practices for acquirors

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2022: Full Report

August 31, 2022

  • Over 5,000 temps from 35 firms surveyed
  • Temp preferences, plans, opinions, choices
  • 257 page report accumulates all previous temp surveys

North America Staffing Company Survey 2022: Initial Findings

August 17, 2022

  • Early overview of the 2022 staffing company survey results
  • Top executives from 438 staffing firms surveyed
  • Topics include remote work, technology, compliance issues and more

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2022: Is it common for temps to concurrently work a second job?

July 31, 2022

  • Temps queried about working a second job while on temp assignment in 2021
  • Second jobs more common among younger, lower-paid workers
  • 3,000 temporary workers surveyed

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2022: How to retain temps – and how to lose them: preferences and advice on communication, benefits, training, and more

July 26, 2022

  • What drives temp satisfaction, and why some quit
  • Temp preferences: benefits, communication, what to call them
  • Over 5,000 temps surveyed

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2022: How to recruit temps: what temps want in agencies and how they find them, what recruiters can do better, most popular job boards

July 10, 2022

  • 26-page aggregation of all temp survey recruiting data and advice
  • Key tips on what temps want in agencies, recruiters, which job boards they use, advice on recruiting
  • 4,000 temporary workers surveyed

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2022: Prevalence of remote work among temporary workers, how much they value it, and advice on how to make it better

June 28, 2022

  • More than half of temps worked remotely in 2021
  • Temps value remote work very highly, some even enough to take a pay cut
  • Three ways to make temp remote work better for temps