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Kersten Buck, CCWP

About Kersten Buck, CCWP

Kersten Buck, CCWP, is vice president of global strategic solutions for Staffing Industry Analysts. She has extensive domestic and global experience in staffing and contingent workforce management. She can be reached at kbuck (at) staffingindustry (dot) com.

Plan for a successful 2017

|December 21st, 2016|

Some tactics to ensure you are prepared to propel your program into the New Year.

Collaborative conference experience to manage your nonemployees

|September 14th, 2016|

Varied options to overcome CW management challenges and optimize your supply chain in the gig economy.

Win the battle: Manage your SOW solutions providers

|August 3rd, 2016|

Now that you've convinced executives to bring SOW into the fold, it's time to think about managing SOW solution providers.

New ways of working call for new laws

|June 29th, 2016|

Employment methods and models are changing too rapidly for our current regulatory system.

Keep workers of all types engaged

|May 11th, 2016|

Using technology and applications to track contingent workers’ engagement and satisfaction levels.

Talent pools: A new sourcing tool?

|January 27th, 2016|

Talent pools have become a hot topic of late. But what are they and why are they gaining such traction?

Pay attention to redeployment & fight the talent wars successfully

|December 9th, 2015|

Many companies self-source a portion of their contingent workforce. An employee or manager may recommend the neighbor kid to work on a contract basis or the company may bring back retirees with legacy skills or tap independent contractors with specialized skills for a specific project. But what doesn’t get much attention is redeployment of agency […]

Don’t get left behind: Why you should attend the CWS conferences

|September 30th, 2015|

Large contingent labor programs are becoming more and more complicated. Management of these programs has evolved greatly over the years and will continue to do so as the nature of work changes and the ways people engage in work expands beyond traditional employment. Years ago, temporary labor was something used simply to cover a maternity […]

SOW what: Why you should work this spend category into your program

|August 5th, 2015|

Developing or modifying a contingent workforce program can be a painful experience that requires a detailed communication plan coupled with a solid project plan. That becomes even more the case when you want to fold in statement-of-work (SOW) or project services spend. It is sure to be met with resistance, perhaps even more than any […]

Different strokes: Business units may require their own CW rules

|May 13th, 2015|

When employing a VMS/MSP, some think it would be easiest to apply one set of rules to all stakeholders in the program — internally and externally. However, rarely will this work; it is even more unusual a program could have one set of rules that would meet all of the needs for all of the […]