Human Resources
The How and Why of Benefits Plans for Contract Employees – Part 1 – Why?
What is the secret to success when sourcing talented temporary personnel? Offer meaningful benefits. Many companies seek to expand their potential talent pool by using temporary talent to deliver specialized skills for a pre-defined period of time. A decade ago, many reading this would think “Offer benefits to temporary workers? Doesn’t that defeat the whole purpose?”…
Read MoreTrends for the New Year
While there is no shortage of opinions available on where things are headed for workforce management operations, we’d feel remiss if we didn’t add our voice and perspective to the mix. So, here’s some predictions we feel confident making about what to expect in 2022 as contingent workforce managers. We’ll start with the broad view…
Read MoreThree Ways to Promote Healthy Recruiting in 2022’s Tight Markets
It’s always been challenging to develop and maintain a consistent recruitment pipeline to feed workforce management strategies of all stripes. In today’s environment with COVID and other factors driving wholesale changes between employers and the labor force (see the “Great Resignation”), it can be even more difficult to achieve a productive and consistent talent pipeline.…
Read MoreThe Best of the nextSource Blog from 2021
For years, the nextSource blog has been delivering powerful, actionable information about all things workforce management-related to help you develop and manage a more successful contingent workforce program. This year was no different. While we offered plenty of articles dealing with important topics like upskilling, diversity, ROI, program design best practices and workforce trends by…
Read MoreGiving Thanks for Workforce Strength and Economic Bounty this Week
Well, it’s Turkey time again here in the good ol’ US of A and though its been some pretty tough going for the nation and the world in recent times, there is much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Particularly when it comes to the American workforce and the organizations that employ them. Here’s why…
Read MoreDriving Contingent Workforce Management Success in Difficult Times
Contingent workforce management practices have never been challenged like they have been during the pandemic. Wild swings in employment fueled first by the COVID shutdown and now by the rapid reopening of the economy have whipsawed the Department of Labor’s ability to accurately report on employment figures. Early pandemic job losses were significantly underreported at…
Read MoreVeterans Could Be Key to Overcoming Stubborn Talent Shortage
A grateful nation prepares for the annual observance of Veteran’s Day where we focus our collective attention on the sacrifices made by generations of American men and women who’ve served in our armed forces. We truly owe our freedom and security to these selfless people who protect our way of life. And although they never…
Read MoreContingent Assignments Can Bring Women Back to Work
As a woman owned business, nextSource loves to see women conquering the working world. In the past few years, we have seen working women on the rise. We witnessed Kamala Harris become the vice president of the United States. She is the United States’ first elected female vice president and the highest-ranking female elected official…
Read MoreFocus on Diversity and Inclusion to Drive Stronger Recruitment
Plenty has been written about the benefits of a more inclusive and diverse workforce. From flourishing creativity to increased productivity and employee engagement, a more diverse, inclusive workplace makes recruitment and retention of talent easier. It also translates to bottom line growth. Companies with gender diversity on their executive teams for example were 21% more…
Read MoreWhat is Upskilling and Why It’s More Important than Ever
According to Forbes magazine, “Upskilling has become a corporate priority essential to hiring, developing, and retaining the best talent to continue to constantly improve on behalf of customers.” In today’s job market, where COVID has driven unprecedented waves of job departures, the desire among workers to strike out in search of better, more gainful employment…
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