Higher Education
Why Is a Talent Community the Right Move for Your Higher Education Institution?
As colleges and universities are finding themselves in a new normal fraught with an array of economic challenges that only serve to strengthen the need for talent, many institutions are more heavily relying on their culture of innovation as they face the tightest labor market in a generation. As they look at what possibilities lie…
Read MoreHow to Retain and Re-Engage Talent in Highly Competitive Industries
All kinds of organizations must work hard to find and engage talent they need to field their most effective workforce. Nobody one wants to do all the heavy lifting of workforce development only to see all that work go to waste. That’s why nextSource focuses on what we know best – helping companies find, manage…
Read MoreINFOGRAPHIC: Five Higher Education Workforce Trends to Watch in 2021
Higher education as an industry has been radically transformed in a number of ways as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Shifting economic conditions, funding reductions, dramatic drop-offs in enrollment and the rise of disruptive technologies – all occurring at the same time – have changed many of the orthodoxies formerly applied to higher education…
Read MoreEncore Performances From Great Talent
The COVID pandemic has accelerated a higher education trend expanding academic offerings to include online instruction, giving students the ability to pursue their degrees through a combination of traditional classroom experiences, eLearning programs, virtual seminars, and social learning programs. To develop and update hundreds of online courses that are offered each semester, universities are dependent…
Read MoreHow Will Growth of Online Learning Influence Contingent Labor in Higher Education?
Like so many other industries, the Higher Education industry is sailing through uncharted waters when it comes to the use and utilization of contingent labor resources in a pandemic age. Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, Higher Ed had been working to strike the most effective balance between the stability of full-time, tenure-track faculty and…
Read MoreOnline Education Driving Higher Ed Contingent Workforce
Often, the flexibility and freedom enabled by a well-designed contingent workforce compels innovation and change within an industry. Yet sometimes, as in the case of the higher education industry, pioneering changes drive the need for more smartly designed workforce management plans. Let’s examine the very interesting dynamics unfolding within higher education and how they’re driving…
Read MoreWithout Procurement/HR Collaboration, Higher Ed Misses Cost Savings and Faster Fulfillment
My team and I derived many valuable insights from attending a recent event focusing on procurement trends in higher education. We learned a great deal about the dynamics surrounding contingent workforce management challenges facing the higher education industry. This blog focuses on the struggles with procurement of contingent labor and some potential solutions we developed…
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