As organisations scale, increasing their use of contingent workers has many benefits. A contingent workforce enables organisations to quickly adapt to surges in growth, changing client demands or new market developments. The additional speed and agility offered by a contingent workforce often means that organisations compromise their hiring strategy to keep pace. As the organisation scales and the contingent workforce grows, those flexible workers become harder to track, manage and […]
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There’s a difference between information and insight. For many hiring organisations managing a contingent workforce, the problem now is no longer a lack of data. Instead, it is data overload. More processes become automated, more platforms become integrated, more information becomes aggregated. An information stream becomes a data lake, and what becomes a lake becomes an ocean. The insight you need becomes harder to […]
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The uncomfortable truth is that contingent workforce management in many organisations is falling short. While contingent workers provide a convenient and flexible resource pool, they are often classified incorrectly, non-compliant with governmental legislation or industry regulation, or sourced through a talent supply chain that lacks transparency and, in some cases, ethics. Why does this happen? Because contingent workforce management […]
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A robust contingent workforce management strategy enables organisations to reduce hiring costs, improve efficiency, mitigate risk, improve processes and reduce hiring costs – while creating a better experience for hiring managers and workers alike. Here are six of the most significant benefits. 1. Improved workforce visibility Many organisations struggle to answer a simple […]
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As organisations increasingly rely on contingent workers to fill skills gaps, support project delivery and provide workforce flexibility, managing this growing segment of the workforce has become more complex. As a result, organisations are facing operational challenges. Contractors, freelancers, consultants, agency worker and statement-of-work resources often operate across multiple departments, suppliers, and systems. Consequently, this is making […]
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For traditional Managed Service Providers, change has never been high on the agenda. But the truth could finally be catching up with those providers who refuse to accept that the status quo in contingent workforce management is being overturned. The days of letting the supply chain take the strain while the MSP takes the profit […]
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Activating an effective contingent workforce program can ensure that managing temporary staff doesn’t feel like the Wild West. It is difficult to lay down rules and governance around best practice and process. It is difficult to know what different agencies in the supply chain are charging because there is often a lack of visibility and […]
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Contingent workforce management is a challenge that many organisations find difficult. The contingent workforce ebbs and flows quickly and the responsibility for contractors, freelancers and temporary workers often lies in different places. The fragmented nature of the contingent workforce often means that organisations find it hard to bring it together under one function with the […]
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