How to Use Modern Managed Services Like the Fortune 500

Innovation typically begins at the highest levels of industry, where deep-pocketed companies (with the budgets to support experimental projects) support early adoption of emerging tech and process. This was true of the rise of the Managed Services Program or MSP for workforce management in the 1990s. Once proven by the largest players, the MSP concept…

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What Is a VMS?

Vendor Management Systems (VMSs) offer robust support in a simple, singular platform. Learn more about how VMS can serve your staffing needs.

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20 Trends that Will Shape the Next Decade: Part Three – Economic Trends

Part Three of a four-part series on the future of work and the developments impacting contingent workforce management focuses on economic trends. This series continues to identify select perspectives contained in the comprehensive “2020 Report – 20 Trends that Will Shape the Next Decade” and other corroborating sources. “Industrializing Countries Emerge as the New Engine…

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Why MSP/VMS Solution for Contingent Labor is a Necessity for More Organizations

Contingent labor as a spend category continues to grow and today represents a significant percentage of overall indirect spend for many organizations. According to Deloitte, some large enterprise organizations report spend focused on contingent workers equals the rest of their entire procurement spend! Many enterprise organizations have already determined that an MSP/VMS solution is critical…

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Shifting Cultural Values Influencing Arbitration Rules in US Companies

  With increasing frequency over the last decade, large employers have been inserting clauses into their employment contracts requiring new hires to waive their right to file suit against the employer for any reason. Instead, these agreements required as a condition of employment, that any claims arising within the workplace be instead adjudicated through arbitration…

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Business Outlook Positive for SMBs Heading Into 2019

The National Center for the Middle Market report at the close of the third quarter revealed some interesting perspectives on what SMBs have to look forward to in 2019. This post will digest the key themes and ideas articulated by the report and provide some commentary on the implications. The document reports that, “By every current…

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Workforce Management Opportunity Knocks (Again) for the Mid-Market | Part Deux

As reported in Part I of this two-part series, the National Center for the Mid-Market’s Q3 market review trumpeted “strong growth, confidence and optimism” among mid-market organizations of all kinds. With 7.0%, year-over-year revenue growth remaining steady and a well-above average 6.4% growth in employment rates, we suggested that now would be an excellent time…

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Workforce Management Opportunity Knocks for the Mid-Market | Part I

“Strong growth, confidence and optimism” screams the headline of a Q3 market review published by the National Center for the Mid-Market. With this positive outlook, there has never been a better time for mid-market organizations to adopt the highly effective workforce management strategies that their larger counterparts are already using. Here is a closer look…

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