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 Temporary Worker Survey 2021: Full Report

July 18, 2021

  • Over 2,000 temps from 21 firms surveyed
  • Temp preferences, plans, opinions, choices
  • 257 page report accumulates all previous temp surveys

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2021: Preferences, use, and awareness of staffing firm websites/apps

July 11, 2021

  • The six website/app features temps most want added to agency sites
  • How to double the effectiveness of website/app functionality
  • 1,400 temporary workers surveyed

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2021: How do temps decide whether to accept an assignment?

June 30, 2021

  • Six factors drive temp decisions regarding assignment acceptance
  • Variations by age, wage, and occupation analyzed
  • 1,700 temporary workers surveyed

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2021: Temporary workers plans and preferences for types of work

June 20, 2021

  • Temp preferences for type of work provider vary sharply by occupation, wage, and age
  • Types of work, preferred hours, plans for future
  • 1,700 temps surveyed

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2021: What do temporary workers prefer to be called?

June 11, 2021

  • Nearly four out of five temporary workers want to be called something else
  • Preferences varied sharply by wage, age, and occupation
  • Over 1,700 temporary workers surveyed

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2021: How often do temps use rating sites and which do they use?

April 21, 2021

  • Temp use of rating websites varies by skill set
  • Five rating websites are most popular
  • 1,800 temporary workers surveyed

North America Internal Staff Survey 2021: What should be automated?

March 21, 2021

  • Internal staff perspective on what would be most helpful to automate
  • Questions about web functions, apps, operational automation
  • Over 5,000 internal staff respond

North America Internal Staff Survey 2021: Lessons learned from adapting to COVID-19 crisis

March 15, 2021

  • Staff give management high marks on dealing with COVID-19
  • Top lesson learned: remote work more practical than thought
  • 10,000 internal staff surveyed

Best Practices in Remote Working For Staffing Firms

March 6, 2021

  • The six key advantages of making your firm remote work capable
  • How to keep remote staff connected, engaged, and happy
  • 19 pages of advice and information specific to staffing

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2021: Temporary worker perception of age, gender and racial fairness

March 4, 2021

  • 2,000 temporary workers surveyed on fairness of treatment with respect to age, gender, and race
  • Most feel staffing firms are treating them fairly
  • Widespread perception staffing firms are fairer than working world generally