Jan 2, 2025 | Contingent Workforce Staffing, Gig Economy, Total Talent
Topic: Workforce Strategy Is Your Contingent Workforce Strategy Leaving You Vulnerable? } 5 minute read By Jake Ellis Contingent workers—such as contractors, freelancers, and temporary staff—now play a larger role in talent management than ever before. Many...
Dec 6, 2024 | Contingent Workforce Staffing, Global Hiring, Total Talent
Topic: Talent Aquisition 5 Talent Acquisition Strategies You Need to Succeed in 2025 } 5 minute read By Jake Ellis In 2025, attracting and retaining top talent will require more than just competitive pay. Shifts in technology, heightened competition, and the growing...
Feb 3, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Total Talent
Topic: enterprise systems HR Chatbots: the Future of Workforce Recruitment and Management } 6 minute read By Ian Tomlin It’s evident that the always-on nature of the internet has influenced people’s expectations of businesses. In fact, research by Oracle...
Sep 26, 2022 | Total Talent
} 4 min read Jake Ellis Since the pandemic, the transactional relationship between workers and businesses has fundamentally changed. Covid has forced many organizations to adopt working from home and shifted workers’ priorities from purely financial gain to...
Sep 26, 2022 | Total Talent
} 3 min read Jake Ellis Temporary workers, freelancers and the external workforce are nothing new. Businesses have been using the external workforce to fulfil their talent needs for decades and this is a trend that is on the rise. In fact, 60% of firms are predicted...
Sep 26, 2022 | Total Talent
} 3 min read In today’s dynamic business environment, the imperative to locate optimal candidates who will bring value to your organization cannot be overstated. While the traditional view was that hiring full-time employees was the sole means of accomplishing...
Aug 17, 2022 | Business Intelligence, Change Management, Total Talent
Talent management leaders have weathered unprecedented chaos over the last 2 years. First they had to content with COVID-19, next the Great Resignation leading to a growing skills gap. And now, we are marching towards an economic downturn and the threat of a global...
Jul 12, 2022 | Contingent Workforce Staffing, Gig Economy, Total Talent
The alarm rings. Another early morning start to a Monday work day. Instant thought: “Why am I doing this?” And—”Is my job truly worth the effort?” Are you in the wrong role, or just working for the wrong company? We all have an idea of why it...
Jun 9, 2022 | Gig Economy, Total Talent
More and more companies are moving to hybrid working, not as a well thought out plan, but as an outcome of the pandemic. What does it mean for HR leaders caught in the cross-hairs between workers seeking change, and management teams with their heads in the sand? It...
May 20, 2022 | Total Talent
2022 has seen a radical change in the recruitment market and IT sector. The market has fundamentally shifted from one that previously advantaged employers to a candidate’s market. Record job vacancies and a lack of skilled workers have meant many IT businesses have...
May 17, 2022 | Contingent Workforce Staffing, Digital Transformation, Total Talent
Since the pandemic, many employees have found that they are losing the balance between work and personal life. Similarly, employers have found that they are losing talent as the “Great Resignation” has caused shockwaves across all industries. In short, employees...
Mar 4, 2022 | Business Models, Change Management, Contingent Workforce Staffing, Total Talent
Many of us hope that 2022 brings the beginning of the end to the COVID pandemic. Yet the effect it has had on the labor market and the world of work will linger for much longer. Sparked by the ‘Great Resignation’ that started last year, there has been a huge emphasis...
Feb 22, 2022 | Business Models, Total Talent
2021 was the Year of the Great Resignation as described by Professor Anthony Klotz of Texas A&M University who predicted that the end of the COVID pandemic would see a large number of people leaving their jobs as life returned to a “new normal.” By April,...
Feb 7, 2022 | DE&I, Total Talent
The bias favoring younger workers in the workforce The working world is ever-changing, constantly adapting to the next new normal. However, there are still underlying issues that need to be addressed. One of these problems is the bias towards young workers as a...
Jan 8, 2022 | Total Talent
4-minute read Adapting the talent status quo It’s one of the least talked about subjects in the discipline of business management, but the fact is some of the more important improvements to the way an organization functions simply don’t happen because of the way...
Nov 12, 2021 | Business Models, Total Talent
IT talent is running at a premium. Without it, systems fall, business continuity is threatened, and those plans to go digital–to become data-driven– will inevitably get shelved or derailed. The IT skills shortage is causing businesses to put more energy...
Nov 4, 2021 | Business Models, Total Talent
Because your employees are people too As industries go, recruitment is one of those disciplines of commerce that has felt the biggest brunt of economic impacts resulting from the global COVID-19 pandemic. It rewired how many people think about work. The pandemic led...
Sep 24, 2021 | Total Talent
4-minute read Recruitment Process Outsourcers (RPOs) are companies that outsource the recruitment function for employers. Often, RPO outsourcing partners will bring onboard a dedicated on-premise team to fulfill recruiting activities; hopefully possessing a heady...
Mar 3, 2021 | Business Intelligence, Total Talent
3-minute read Includes FIVE of the best ways to source STEM talent. You’re not alone—It’s not easy to find STEM talent Roles in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics—or ‘STEM’ for short—are unquestionably the most challenging roles for organizations to...
Mar 3, 2021 | Total Talent
3-minute read People pay attention to brands in their work-life, not just as consumers. To attract the best talent, your brand story (powered by modern social media) can equip you with everything you need to work. Your brand is your best weapon to source talent The...
Mar 3, 2021 | Contingent Workforce Staffing, Digital Transformation, Total Talent
2-minute read Every aspect of business activity has been touched by digital transformation. What has it meant for the talent discipline so far? And what happens next? The digitalization story so far… Think back a couple of years and you’d probably not notice a great...
Mar 3, 2021 | Total Talent
4-minute read Hiring Managers are turning to Statement-of-Work contracts to maximize their job outcomes. Why? And what are the implications of adopting them in your talent strategy? Statement-of-Work contracts place a focus on work outcomes, not hours worked A...
Mar 3, 2021 | Total Talent
3-minute read ‘Total Talent Management’ has become a buzzword in the post-lockdown economy. What exactly is it? And how does it equip your organization to create a flexible workforce? Going ‘Total’ on Talent Total Talent Management (TTM) is a human capital management...
Mar 3, 2021 | Total Talent
4-minute read The impact of the pandemic on businesses has been a newsworthy item for almost a decade. What will its legacy be for Talent Leaders? Here are five big takeaways: #1 A flexible workforce becomes business-as-usual Employing a full-time workforce was the...
Mar 3, 2021 | Contingent Workforce Staffing, Gig Economy, Total Talent
4-minute read Facts on the impacts of COVID-19 on the world of work Pandemic-related job losses around the world The 2020 pandemic is destroying livelihoods around the globe. According to the United Nations Labor Agency some 1.6 billion people employed in the informal...
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