Robert Balicki
Research Analyst
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Robert L. Balicki has authored reports on internal compensation at staffing firms as well as staffing buyer plans and practices. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, with a B.A. in statistics and mathematics.
Recent Articles
2012 Healthcare Buyer Survey
November 7, 2012
- Findings from our first-ever survey of buyers of healthcare staffing
- Data on buyer plans, management strategies, use of various types of contingent labor, reasons for using contingents, satisfaction with suppliers and recruiting difficulty, among other indicators
October 2012 NALTO Survey - Summary Report
October 30, 2012
- 16 companies participated, earning a total of $989m in annualized revenue
- Hospitalist staffing grew fastest, but pediatrics staffing showed the largest growth in gross profit
2012 Allied Benchmarking Survey - Summary Report
October 24, 2012
- Allied staffing grew an estimated 10% y/y
- Includes results on revenue growth, volume growth, recruiting difficulty and typical assignment length by occupation
SI Report Webinar - October 2012
October 9, 2012
- Watch the full webinar on demand
- Staffing and employment trends
- Buyer survey data
2012 Contingent Buyer Survey & 2006-2011 Cumulative Index
September 14, 2012
- 391-page aggregation of all previous buyer surveys
- Best practices, metrics, updated projections
- Trends in VMS, MSP, buyer management of staffing firms
- Compensation data for contingent managers
2012 Contingent Buyer Survey: VMS and MSP trends
September 12, 2012
- VMS use down seven percentage points since peak in 2010; now at 73%
- MSP use down eleven points since 2011; now at 58%
SI Report Webinar - September 2012
September 11, 2012
- Watch the full webinar on demand
- Staffing forecast update
- Staffing M&A trends
2012 Contingent Buyer Survey: Evolution of Supplier Management Strategies
August 31, 2012
- Use of RPO, HRO continue to increase
- Most common management strategies included vendor management systems (VMS), approved lists of suppliers and significant use of domestic outsourcing of business functions
Research Report: A different remedy
August 30, 2012
The shortage of healthcare professionals is causing hospitals to explore the recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) option as a serious recruiting solution. It could be an opportunity for long-term partnership and revenue growth in the segment.
2012 Contingent Buyer Survey: How buyers prefer to engage contingents
August 23, 2012
- Over three-quarters of buyers said that, assuming comparable price, quality and speed, they prefer to engage contingent workers as agency temps.
- Buyers in the energy/chemical and tech/telecom industries and those purchasing IT skills were relatively more open to SOWs
- Buyers purchasing office/clerical,... More
