Tag: contingent workforce

Now is the time to audit your contingent workforce.

27 February 2025

In today’s rapidly evolving market, staying competitive requires businesses to continuously adapt their workforce strategies. Your contingent workforce plays a crucial role in maintaining agility and efficiency – but without regular audits, you risk falling behind. It’s not enough to have contingent talent — organisations must assess performance, compliance, and costs to stay competitive. Why […]

Does your Contingent Managed Service Provider facilitate change?

30 October 2024

Is your Contingent Managed Service Provider responding to the changing market landscape? They should be helping you enable direct-to-talent relationships or you may end up falling behind. Introduction The Contingent Managed Service Provider (MSP) is changing. Traditional methods of contingent workforce management face growing challenges from new market conditions, changing workforce preferences, and economic uncertainty. […]

The challenges of growing your contingent workforce in 2025

20 September 2024

Introduction There’s been a big buzz around the latest US Labor Report this week. The number of job openings posted by employers was lower than forecasted and commentators have seen this as an indication that the jobs market is slowing, and the economy is moving towards a downturn. Depending on your political persuasion, that downturn […]

Is your Contingent Managed Service Provider going the extra mile?

27 June 2024

One of the challenges of working with a Contingent Managed Service Provider is keeping in tune with what is happening with the rest of the market. With a long-term contract, it can be difficult to see beyond the horizon. Additionally, you may struggle to feel assured that your Managed Service Provider is taking you on […]

Could your contingent workforce grow too quickly?

17 May 2024

Accelerating the growth of your contingent workforce can put company culture at risk. Introduction Increasingly, talent acquisition teams are making contingent workers a core part of their resourcing strategies. There is, quite rightly, a lot of noise around the importance of managing the risks around contingent worker non-compliance and contingent workforce costs. Yet there is […]

Next-generation MSPs can transform talent management.

25 March 2024

Talent management has transformed over time. Are we on the edge of a total talent revolution? Introduction Talk of total talent management has been around for a number of years. But not every organisation has been able to put it into practice successfully. Historically, talent – especially contingent talent – has been sourced, recruited and […]

Skills-Based Hiring – Entering a new era

9 February 2024

A new era of skills-based hiring is changing how organisations think about contingent workers. Introduction There is a general new awareness of how resourcing and skills shortages impact on organisational growth and profitability. Ultimately, this shift has been guiding the transition from a Knowledge Economy to a Skills Economy. But while the change is being […]

Contingent Workforce Solutions: Reasons to be cheerful in 2024

23 January 2024

There is a lot to look forward to in contingent workforce solutions. Introduction If you are modelling contingent workforce solutions in 2024, there is a lot to think about – and a lot to look forward to! Whether you are considering introducing new technologies to improve the experience, exploring cost-saving opportunities or looking more closely […]

Should the contingent workforce impact your employer brand?

19 January 2024

Implementing a contingent workforce can reduce hiring costs. But without a distinct Contingent Value Proposition, it can be harder to meet your recruitment goals. Employers may find it hard to reach, engage and measure brand impact on a fast-changing talent community. Introduction Over the last three decades, agencies and employers have perfected the model for […]

Why now is the time for contingent talent marketing

6 December 2023

Introduction Historically, big employers have found it challenging to utilise talent marketing sustainably as part of their contingent workforce solution. It was difficult to engage with an ever-changing talent pool and far easier to let your recruitment suppliers do the search, selection and relationship-management for you. Now, all that could be about to change. Why […]