The Invisible Jurisprudence Hand: Will the Lawyer Problem Take Care of Itself?
Let’s face it. Companies spend far too much — even after sourcing and category management efforts — on legal spend. According to one study I glanced at from BTI consulting, the average Fortune 1000 company spends roughly $19.4 m…
New approaches for front office
We’re coming back. We aren’t out of the proverbial woods but we should be on the upswing from the long downturn. According the Labor Department the U.S. economy added 103,000 jobs in December bringing the unemployment rate down to 9.4 percent. Jobs are traditionally a lagging indicator so even better. Most importantly this was not [...]
Free Agent Nation: Nail Tech Tales
Nail Tech Tales When Daniel Pink’s now classic “Free Agent Nation” was published in 2001, it brought to public attention the world in which I had been living for much of my professional life. Just in my little neighborhood, at the intersection of HRM and IT, I knew well several dozen solos, like me, who were earning [...]
Why we decided to offer unlimited vacation at Social Media Group
There has been a ton of discussion about the merits of unlimited vacation, offered by companies like Netflix, The 400 salaried employees are evaluated on their individual performances, not face time. Still, they must be able to balance work and vacation responsibly to get their work done. And they must be able to work without [...]
Labor Day — Layoffs and beyond: Will Sourcing Labor Get Cheaper?
Like most Spend Matters readers in the United States, I’m taking off to spend the day with my family, holding our last official summer barbecue. But that hasn’t stopped me from thinking more closely about a subject that’s been on …
Take my colleague, please!!!
Alumni, referrals & social networks can change the economics of recruiting. SelectMinds offers up one such approach.
e-vites: An HR/Recruiting tool gaining acceptance
e-vites are those employment opportunities your friends forward to you from their employers. A recent survey indicates their use may increase soon.
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 …
Why Chuck needs to get the chop
Senator Charles E. Schumer, not content with ludicrous attempts to tax the US consumer for taking an offshore call, has continued his personal tirade against the use of offshore services, by pushing through legislation to add a further $2,000 tax for an H-1B visa application, and $2,250 more for an L-1 visa application.
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….
