Contingent Staffing and the Economy: Do Regulatory Smoke Signals Suggest Trouble? (Part 3)
In the first two posts in this series (Part 1 and Part 2), we examined some of the trends highlighting the movement to contingent workforces as well as how the current state of the economy ties to just that — not to mention some …
Contingent Staffing and the Economy: Do Regulatory Smoke Signals Suggest Trouble? (Part 2)
In the first post in this series, I cited a Workforce Management article that highlights the recent trend toward contingent hiring as a replacement for — rather than a supplement to — bringing on regular W-2 full-time employees….
Contingent Staffing and the Economy: Do Regulatory Smoke Signals Suggest Trouble? (Part 1)
I’ve often found the contingent staffing market to be a useful indicator for looking at where an economy is in regards to its overall cycle — from growth to recession. The traditional thinking goes that contingent hiring ramps up…
Supplier Management Watch: Is Manufacturing in Recovery ? or Not?
If you believe the recent ISM manufacturing numbers, which Pat Furey
recently highlighted over on Supply Excellence, it appears
that the worst might be behind us in the manufacturing sector (except
for full-time job seekers, that is). Pat no…
Fieldglass: Doubling Down on Analytics to Drive Contingent Spend Savings (Part 1)
Earlier this month Fieldglass announced a new suite of analytics capabilities designed to help their customers — and MSP partners on behalf of their customers — make better contingent labor spending decisions. Fieldglass positions these enhancement…
