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 2020: Temporary worker benefit choices and preferences

May 11, 2020

  • Half of temps have independent healthcare insurance
  • Healthcare coverage much improved from 2014
  • Most common non-healthcare benefits: dental, vision
  • Would temps prefer better benefits to higher pay? No.
  • Over 3,000 temps surveyed

Best Practices in Remote Working For Staffing Firms

April 3, 2020

  • The six key advantages of making your firm remote work capable
  • How to keep remote staff connected, engaged, and happy
  • Eight legal pitfalls to avoid
  • How to measure their performance when you can't see it
  • The written policy you'll need to get staff on board
  • What to advise staff, what equipment... More

North America Internal Staff Survey 2020: By what metrics should staff be measured?

March 26, 2020

  • Most effective internal staff performance metrics identified
  • 15 separate staffing occupations examined for preferred metrics
  • Least effective metrics: call count and call time
  • One in five staff either don't know their metrics or don't respect them
  • Over 11,000 internal staff surveyed

North America Internal Staff Survey 2020: Internal staff job satisfaction (or lack thereof), and what drives it

March 6, 2020

  • Internal staff give staffing firm employers a 64% NPS
  • Top keys to satisfaction: good leadership, positive work environment, future opportunities
  • Non-monetary incentives and work/life balance highly valued
  • 15,000 staff from 217 staffing firms surveyed

North America Internal Staff Survey 2020: Advice to new employees, mistakes to avoid, how to succeed

February 18, 2020

  • Over 10,000 internal staff offer advice to new employees
  • Six themes dominate responses
  • Most common advice: Ask questions, emulate team members, focus on learning

North America Staffing Company Survey 2019: Revenue by skill, industry, sources, customer characteristics

December 4, 2019

  • Revenue by customer size, segment, industry, and predicted changes
  • VMS/MSP participation, revenue, fees
  • Skill segment x customer market revenue breakdown

North America Staffing Company Survey 2019: How do staffing firms determine temporary worker wages?

November 29, 2019

  • Half of firms say customers mostly dictate temp wages
  • When data used, firms often reference wages of like positions placed
  • About a third of staffing firms use selected outside sources

Global Staffing Company Survey 2019: Metrics used to measure staffing company performance

November 23, 2019

  • 400 staffing execs reveal most important measures
  • Areas covered: sales, recruiting, operations, profitability
  • Wide variety of metrics employed

North America Staffing Company Survey 2019: Staffing executive predictions

November 20, 2019

  • 294 senior staffing execs share thoughts about next decade
  • Top prediction: increased role for technology, and continued gig boom
  • Expected challenges include: talent shortage, legislation, VMS/MPS, and economy

Staffing Industry Report Webinar - November 2019

November 12, 2019

  • Watch the full, one-hour webinar on demand (available to corporate members only)
  • Staffing Company Survey: use of human cloud and automation
  • Office/clerical segment assessment
  • Highlights of ten recently released SIA reports