Freelancer First: How Innovative Platforms Are Prioritizing Freelancer Success

Freelancer First: How Innovative Platforms Are Prioritizing Freelancer Success

There is an important new development emerging in the freelance revolution. Naming the trend is still a challenge, but let’s describe it as a greater emphasis on the primacy of freelancer success. A working title might be “freelancer first.” Whatever the name, what we are seeing is a shift of importance to the longer-term success…

3 Questions to Consider When Evaluating the Impact of a Contingent Workforce On Your Business’ Growth

3 Questions to Consider When Evaluating the Impact of a Contingent Workforce On Your Business’ Growth

The contingent workforce is here to stay — in fact, it is estimated that there are over 59 million freelancers in the United States today. While using contingent talent can make a business more agile and flexible, using these individuals to grow your business involves much more than simply deciding you want to hire them….

Direct Hire vs. Contract Staffing: Which Is More Secure? (and Why?)

Direct Hire vs. Contract Staffing: Which Is More Secure? (and Why?)

The ongoing debate over direct-hire versus contract staffing has become particularly popular as we enter hiring season. Since the strike of COVID-19 and the mass exodus occurring in workplaces, recruiters are shuffling back and forth between the two staffing strategies. Many have landed on the idea that direct hire sourcing is a more secure and…

3 Reasons Your Prospect Interviews Don’t Work (and 3 Quick Tips for Improving Them)
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3 Reasons Your Prospect Interviews Don’t Work (and 3 Quick Tips for Improving Them)

It’s official: we’ve entered hiring season. The world is looking forward to the post-COVID era, businesses are opening back up, and companies are looking to bring on new team members. However, the interviewing process can be stressful, regardless of how experienced your recruiters might be. Meeting with people you’re unfamiliar with and narrowing down which…

5 Simple Ways to Streamline the Onboarding Process for New Employees

5 Simple Ways to Streamline the Onboarding Process for New Employees

As important as it is to recruit and place top talent, what happens after a position is filled is ultimately even more important. The onboarding process is when a new employee becomes acclimated to the company, and when the company helps supply them with the necessary knowledge, tools and equipment to do their job. For…

5 Proven Tips for Successfully Onboarding Remote Talent (the First Time Around)
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5 Proven Tips for Successfully Onboarding Remote Talent (the First Time Around)

For any business firm, onboarding is an essential process. Joining new employees with your established organization takes a lot of time, consideration, and careful instruction. Now, with the growth of new staffing trends like remote working, the process of onboarding has become more challenging. Recruiters must prepare their new hires for integration digitally, which can…

4 COVID-Centric Issues All Staffing Leaders Need to Know About Moving Forward
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4 COVID-Centric Issues All Staffing Leaders Need to Know About Moving Forward

At this point, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted normal staffing operations for a full two years. While many have learned to adapt to ever-changing government and client requirements in relation to the pandemic, this doesn’t mean the challenges associated with COVID have come to an end. In fact, the ongoing changes and challenges created by…

Staffing Leaders: Do These 4 Things to Keep Up With Compliance Amidst COVID
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Staffing Leaders: Do These 4 Things to Keep Up With Compliance Amidst COVID

While many government-imposed COVID restrictions have been lifted across much of the country, this doesn’t mean that staffing leaders no longer have to worry about COVID compliance. Different clients have varying vaccine mandates, testing regimes and other requirements designed to limit the spread of the virus. Because of this, staffing leaders face an even more…

How to Build Successful, Long-Term Relationships With Talented Freelancers

How to Build Successful, Long-Term Relationships With Talented Freelancers

By the end of 2020, there were an estimated 59 million freelancers in the United States. Even with the surge in remote work brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, this largely reflected a continuation of ongoing growth in this space. Despite this, the so-called “freelance revolution” continues to suffer from a supply problem, in large…

3 Obstacles You’ll Encounter When Transitioning Workers to a Fully-Remote Setting
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3 Obstacles You’ll Encounter When Transitioning Workers to a Fully-Remote Setting

The COVID-19 pandemic saw a dramatic change in how companies viewed remote work. As a study from NCCI reveals, three-quarters of employees had never worked remotely prior to the pandemic. Contrast that with May 2020, when one-third of the workforce was working remotely — including three-quarters of individuals employed in office-based businesses. Many businesses recognized…