Why direct sourcing solutions succeed
Members of SIA’s CWS Council advisory team discuss what programs should have in place to make their direct sourcing initiatives successful.
Direct-sourcing best practices: Ways to reach business goals
Best practices and shared learnings from organizations that are improving access to talent and helping reach business goals through the direct sourcing of contingent workers.
’Tis the season to speed your hiring processes
With mega retailers coming in for the lion’s share of already scarce talent, contingent workforce programs need to speed up their hiring. Here are ways to trim the delays.
Lessons from the 2022 CWS Summit
SIA’s CWS Council team members discuss the most noteworthy trends to emerge from the CWS Summit North America, held last month in Dallas.
Benchmarks: Direct sourcing platform pricing
Half of all reported contracts use pay rate percentage for the pricing model, according to SIA’s “Direct Sourcing Platform Landscape” report.
Benchmarks: How much do staffing firms typically charge for direct hire?
The most common direct hire fee is 20% of salary, with 42% of staffing firms reporting that level of fee, according to research by SIA.
Going viral: When an engagement manager does not know how to manage a contractor
An independent contractor’s account of a client demanding he deliver beyond the scope of his contract went viral recently. A Staffing Stream blog post discusses how such situations could prove to be costly headaches for the enterprise organization and the program manager.
Benchmarks: World spends $4.4 trillion on contingent work
Businesses spent $4.4 trillion on contingent labor globally in 2020, roughly 61% of which was on independent contractor services and 9% on workers through staffing firms.
Top advisory insights of 2021
SIA’s analysts and CWS Council advisory team provide — through CWS 3.0 — their insights to help program managers keep their organizations compliant and competitive.
2021 in review: Big trends in CW management
The past year has been another unprecedented one for the workforce solutions ecosystem. Here's a recap of some of the most important events and impacts of 2021.
