Who is writing the check?
As technologies continue to drive high expectations for programs, it is time to reconsider funding strategies to increase the opportunity for stronger adoption and improve user experience.
Who is minding the store?
As organizations’ use of nonemployees increases, their risk exposure around data and systems access as well as physical assets also grows. How program managers should address the risk.
Blimps versus drones: Correlation to staffing, influence on program
With the tight labor market, contingent workforce programs need to make sure they are aligned with the most innovative and agile supplier organizations.
The gig worker opportunity despite hurdles
Despite the headaches their use may cause contingent workforce program managers, gig workers provide significant benefits, and programs would do better to find a way to engage them.
The value of competitive bidding in SOWs
Competitive bidding, while incredibly challenging, offers significant value to statement-of-work programs. All stakeholders from the engagement manager to the service provider stand to gain. Here's how.
Common mistakes that can torpedo your program
Just as important as what contingent program managers should do to ensure their programs evolve and improve are actions to avoid. Here are 10 mistakes that can hurt program success.
The market reigns: Why staffing is not evil
With the pandemic calling into question staffing and contingent workforce programs’ business models, SIA’s Frank Enriquez examines what buyer organizations can do to control costs while working with staffing firms to procure high-quality talent.
The six-second time-to-fill
Once a pie-in-the-sky concept, landing a worker in mere seconds is all but a reality. How it’s possible and how your program can benefit.
Driving forces behind staff aug misclassification
In sorting out why roles that should be classified as staff augmentation are set up as statement of work and/or other risky engagement classifications, some common themes have emerged.
Buyers versus ICs: Who will win?
There is a tug of war happening between workers wanting to be independent contractors and enterprises wary of engaging them. How buyers stand to lose if they don’t let the workers win.
