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The Future of Work is a new kind of Teamwork
What has changed in attitudes to knowledge working and what the newly styled ‘future of work’ is likely to look like for millions of people.
The time for a hybrid workforce is now and a flexible workforce is here to stay
Microsoft has released an insightful report into their experiences of how the workforce is changing following a study of over 30,000 people.
Guide To Protecting The Business When Staff Are Working From Home
With many companies planning to introduce software to monitor staff productivity remotely, find out the top steps from HR experts
The Difference Between Freelancers And Traditional Employees Is Shrinking Fast.
How should you decide between hiring a freelancer or a permanent employee? How big of a performance difference is there?
Six Tips To Build And Integrate Your Flexible, On-Demand Workforce
Since the pandemic started it’s become imperative for organizations to develop a flexible, on-demand liquid workforce.
The Future Of The Office
After more than 12 months of remote working, what do employees feel about remote working and the return to the office?
Five Future-of-Work Decisions HR Must Address—And Why Most Organizations Aren’t Ready
In an article published in January this year, Adam McCulloch of Personnel Today published his own thoughts on those offered by Gartner’s HR lead Emily Rose McRae. The subject was the environmental and technology factors that HR leaders will have to contend with in...
Stepping Up to a VMS Designed for the New Decade: Moving Beyond the VMS
Contingent Workforce Management software in the guise of modern Vendor Management System (‘VMS’) platforms are evolving. If your organization doesn’t have a VMS, or your incumbent system was installed before 2012, then you may be missing out. Read this article to...
AI in Workforce Management 2021
PwC’s third annual AI Predictions survey reported that 18% of companies adopted AI in their businesses in 2019. By 2020 that figure dropped a few percentage points. Now it’s expected to sky rocket (54%). Why? And what are the implications for the talent industry? The...
VMS Trends for 2021
Following a year interrupted by COVID-19, Jason Main, Product and Strategy Leader, reviews the 3 biggest challenges 2020 has left behind – areas where the most change in talent acquisition and management will be witnessed – followed by his perspectives on the Top 3...
Remote Workforce Management 2021
2021 promises to be a year of remote working, continuing the new normal of 2021. Is it time to move your flexible workforce recruitment online? In this article we take a look at ten tech innovations that have made remote recruitment a practical option.2020, the year...
5 things to look for in your VMS in 2021
What are the next-generation features found in Vendor Management Systems that will take hold in 2021 and become ‘state-of-the-art’? In this article we ask our expert team to give their perspectives and pick out the five most impactful enhancements that will separate...
Talent Management in 2021
Eight of the Biggest Talent Management Challenges Large Organizations Will Face in 2021What challenges do large employers face as they step intrepidly (perhaps sheepishly) into 2021? As we run up to the New Year, we’ve asked the workplace consulting team at...
The Future of Work is ‘Hybrid’
McKinsey & Co. has just released an eye-popping report that looks into the future of work and the move to hybrid and flexible approaches.
Vendor Management Software—the unlikely hero of a digital talent industry
What are the advantages to purchasing a VMS to support your flexible workforce sourcing, onboarding and management? Read on to find out.
What Software do you need to Manage the Future of Work? Move Beyond the VMS
Choosing a VMS used to be about comparing off-the-shelf VMS apps that, once purchased, took months to make operational. Not today. Contingent Workforce Management software has evolved since the early days of Vendor Management Software. In modern systems, managing...
HOW CAN A MODERN VENDOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SAVE YOU MONEY?
Academics and experts agree the Future of Work is about flexibility and adaptability. Organizations have responded to a new market reality of a post-COVID lock-down era, by increasing their commitment to flexible working and the use of a flexible workforce...
CUTTING THE COST OF INDIRECT LABOR SPEND
How procurement teams can achieve significant economies in their indirect staffing spend without upsetting the apple cart? The Cost of Talent In most organizations, staffing costs are one of the biggest bills. In recent years, the costs of payroll and of contracted...