Procurement - The Seamless Workforce

September
28
2011

CWS Summit: Asking the unasked questions

For those of you unfamiliar with it, Staffing Industry Analyst’s annual Contingent Workforce Strategies Summit attracts professionals that manage or procure services that help their company maintain control over the use of contingent labor. Professional staffing service providers, such as …

September
27
2011

CWS Summit: Top 4 independent contractor tips not on the agenda

I was a little surprised to see that at Staffing Industry Analyst’s CWS Summit, being held Oct. 4-5, there are no workshops on independent contractor risk or managing independent contractors as part of an overall workforce strategy. I’m sure it …

September
26
2011

Movieclips Monday: Making the sale

When “Tommy Boy” came out, my friends and I flocked to the theaters and were not disappointed. To this day, we still quote the movie as if we saw it just yesterday. (“Holy shnikes!”) When “Tommy Boy” was released, I was …

August
29
2011

Movieclips Monday: The need for standardized hiring processes

If you are an HR practitioner, you’ve probably at one time or another defended your company’s interview process or policies. If you are in procurement, you’ve probably had to defend your list of approved suppliers or use of a managed …

June
6
2011

5 reasons why a reverse auction is the worst method for selecting an RPO provider

A few weeks ago at the HRO Today Summit in Las Vegas, there was a session dedicated to selecting an RPO provider. The session was led by one of Yoh’s competitors and included one of their clients. First, kudos to …

May
20
2011

Five tips to increase the value of the 2011 RPO Summit

Four of your Seamless Workforce contributors (Alison Citti, Doug Lubin, Matt Rivera, and yours truly) will be in Las Vegas next week for HRO Today’s RPO Summit. HRO Today has been extremely committed to nurturing the overall ecosystem of recruitment …

May
20
2011

HRO Today Forum Las Vegas: Great ideas amongst all the glitter

Next week we are off to the HRO Today Forum in Las Vegas. Warm weather aside (after the past couple of very wet weeks in the East), I’m looking forward to the mix of sessions on recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), …

January
20
2011

Job outlook still grim for new grads in 2011

2010 has come to a close, and what a difference a year makes! Or not. It’s been exactly one year to the day since I last wrote about the job outlook for recent college graduates, and it appears that not …

January
17
2011

How the iPhone will impact your talent strategy in 2011

Earlier this year, I came across a TechCrunch article that examined the increased rate of adoption of disruptive technologies, such as cloud-based solutions and more interesting to me, “consumer-oriented” devices such as the iPad and iPhone, at the enterprise level. …

January
10
2011

A sneak peek at the Q4 2010 Yoh Index of Technology Wages

We’re going to release the Q4 Yoh Index of Technology Wages momentarily. But for now, here’s a sneak peek. Check back in a few minutes for more context on these images and numbers.

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