October 2017

Staffing Industry Review

Staffing Industry Review magazine is the leading publication for staffing industry professionals, senior executives, and staffing firm owners. Providing innovative and in-depth information to help staffing professionals compete in today’s fast-changing world, each issue focuses on a major theme, with coverage of the topics and people that keep the industry moving forward.

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Straight Talk: Know Whom You Work With

Erika Novak | September 26, 2017

A combination of misplaced co-employment fears and invisibility cloaks shield contingent workforce professionals from seeing the sometimes darker side of staffing - the commoditization of people. The new world order of indentured servitude. But savvy managers are catching on.

View From The Boardroom

View From the Boardroom: Guiding Principles

What a pivotal time to be in staffing. Our labor market is nearing full employment.

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Expert's Corner: Buy or Build?

As a CIO and frequent speaker on technology in the staffing industry, I am often asked whether staff

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The Talent's Voice

The Other Side: Human Interaction

I decided to try the gig economy after leaving a corporate job.

By the Numbers

By the Numbers: Largest engineering staffing firm in the US

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‘I take nothing for granted'

Barry Asin | September 26, 2017

Linda Galipeau was no stranger to the staffing industry, having seen her mother temping as a secretary. Galipeau herself took temp summer jobs as a university student and eventually rose to be head of Randstad, North America, managing a $6 billion portfolio.

2017 Global Power 100 – Women in Staffing, the North America 50

Katherine Alvarez Craig Johnson Danny Romero Leslie Stevens-Huffman Sharon Thomas Larisa Wiseman | September 26, 2017

Getting to the top of the corporate ladder is no easy feat. And women must excel almost to the point of being superhuman to even attempt cracking the glass ceiling. The good news? Some ground has been broken. Let's take the iconic Fortune 500 list for 2017. The number of women CEOs on that list increased by more than 50% - to 32 from 21.

Visionaries and Innovators

Monster | September 26, 2017

As advances in technology continue to evolve and reshape the staffing industry, women are increasingly taking on leadership roles. Penny Queller, senior vice president and general manager of staffing for Monster, has seen women's contributions up close in her more than 20 years in staffing.

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The Buzz: Robo-Patrol

David Francis, CCWP | September 26, 2017

To peer into the future of staffing, one need look no further than Knightscope, a Mountain View, Calif.-based startup that builds and "places" security robots.