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AI-Driven Gig Economy: How Staffing Firms Can Thrive in a Freelance-First Future

By Saba Tariq posted 3 days ago
The gig economy has rapidly become a cornerstone of today's labor market, delivering unparalleled flexibility for workers and businesses alike. As professionals increasingly seek non-traditional employment and companies adopt agile workforce models, the way we work is undergoing a significant transformation. According to Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, we're just at the beginning of this shift. Hoffman predicts that by 2034, traditional 9-to-5 jobs may largely become obsolete, replaced by a freelance-driven workforce. As artificial intelligence (AI) further integrates into business models, the transformation of the labor market will only accelerate. Staffing ...

5 Legal Changes Every Staffing Professional Should Understand

By Saba Tariq posted 18 days ago
The staffing industry is at a crossroads, with 2024 bringing a wave of regulatory changes, reshaping the employer-employee relationship. As these changes take effect, staffing professionals must stay informed and adaptable to navigate the evolving landscape. In this blog, we highlight five significant legal developments and their potential impact on staffing agencies. Key Regulatory Changes 1. DOL Contractor Classification Rule (March 2024) The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Contractor Classification Rule , effective March 2024, introduces a new framework for determining whether workers are classified as employees or independent contractors under ...

The ever-evolving role of IT and Automation in Recruitment

By Tanishka Patidar posted 26 days ago
The recruitment industry is undergoing a considerable transformation in today’s tech-driven world. Staffing companies can function more efficiently by streamlining recruitment with technology, improving candidate experiences, and securing top talent. It is advantageous and imperative for staffing companies, catering to the young and dynamic (35–58) age range, to keep up with current technological developments. Digital Recruitment Tools for Hiring Staffing companies can now manage their processes more efficiently than ever because of the increasing availability of digital recruitment alternatives. Among these are the following instruments: Applicant ...

What Recession Means for Staffing Firms and How They Can Prepare

By Saba Tariq posted 08-13-2024
Recent economic indicators suggest that the U.S. might be heading towards a recession , which has significant implications for various sectors, including staffing firms. As uncertainty looms, the role of staffing firms becomes even more crucial, yet more challenging. What does a recession truly mean for these agencies? How can they continue to thrive when the market seems to be shrinking? In this blog, we’ll dive into the potential challenges and, more importantly, the strategies that can help staffing agencies weather the storm and emerge stronger. The Economic Landscape and Recession Indicators Recent data points to a weakening U.S. economy, with ...

Signs of Recovery in the US Staffing Industry: June 2024 Trends and Strategies

By Saba Tariq posted 07-12-2024
Staffing Industry Recovery June 2024: An Overview In June 2024, the staffing industry displayed promising signs of recovery, marking a potential turning point after months of economic challenges. The American Staffing Association (ASA) reported that staffing employment improved during the week of June 10-16, with the ASA Staffing Index increasing by 0.9% to reach a value of 90 for the first time in nine weeks. While the industry is still 10.0% below the same period last year, this slight uptick suggests a gradual stabilization. Contributing Factors to the Rise: Several factors have contributed to this rise in staffing employment: Economic ...

Former employee looking for Staffing Agency in Baltimore

By Tyia Patnaude posted 06-20-2024
Hello Baltimore Cohorts! I have a former employee who moved to the Baltimore area and has asked me for recommendations for a reputable staffing agency in that area. She needs part-time work from home IT/Help Desk. She is a dedicated worker! We had great feedback on her from our clients. Any suggestions welcome! Thanks! Tyia Patnaude, CSP Preference Employment Solutions

Biden Administration's AI Guidelines for Workplace & Staffing

By Saba Tariq posted 06-20-2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the workplace, offering immense potential to enhance efficiency, decision-making, and innovation. However, as AI becomes increasingly integrated into various business processes, addressing the associated risks and ethical considerations is crucial. In response, the Biden administration has introduced a series of comprehensive guidelines to regulate AI usage in workplaces, aiming to protect workers, ensure ethical development, and promote transparency. For staffing firms, understanding and implementing these guidelines is essential to navigate the evolving AI landscape effectively. Key Developments in AI ...

The FTC Ban on Non-Compete Agreements: A New Era for Staffing Firms

By Saba Tariq posted 05-21-2024
For decades, non-compete agreements have been a cornerstone of the employment landscape. These contracts are crafted between the employee and employer and bar the employees from working for competitors for a certain period after leaving the company. The reasons for non-competes are to protect employer confidential information or trade secrets and to prevent valuable employees from leaving to compete directly with other businesses. The authorities, particularly staffing firms, have mostly depended on restrictive non-compete clauses to ensure stability among their placements. These clauses are intended to prevent skilled workers from engaging with and then ...

The Future of Staffing with AI: A Transformative Journey

By Saba Tariq posted 04-18-2024
The global Artificial intelligence (AI) recruitment market, valued at $630 million in 2022 , is on a remarkable growth trajectory, projected to reach over $830 million by 2028, with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 4.89%. This surge is fueled by the staffing industry's increasing adoption of AI tools to revolutionize hiring practices. Employers leverage these tools to source, screen, and evaluate job candidates at scale, significantly enhancing efficiency and reducing biases inherent in manual processes. Despite the impressive capabilities of AI and its proven return on investment, the penetration of AI in the recruitment market remains surprisingly ...

Data-Driven Recruitment for Staffing Companies - Why Employee Productivity Monitoring is the Key to Success

By Nadine Sarraf posted 09-05-2023
It’s not rocket science. Employees who put in the work get the best results. In the staffing industry in particular, there’s a direct link between recruiter productivity and revenue growth - the more work put in, the better the outcome. But how can you nurture and track those contributions to deliver even more growth? An Employee Productivity Monitoring (EPM) solution is a great place to start. Staffing firms often struggle to track performance as they don’t have a clear line of sight into their team’s daily activities - they may have reams of valuable data but no easy way to analyze it. While other industries rely on leading indicators , recruiters ...

Avoiding Overuse of Automated Texting: Best Practices for Staffing Firms

By Ron Kinkade posted 04-28-2023
As the recruitment industry continues to evolve, staffing firms are increasingly turning to AI and automated texting tools to reach candidates faster and more efficiently. While these tools can certainly be a valuable resource, there is a risk of overusing texting and damaging the candidate experience. In this post, we'll discuss best practices for avoiding the overuse of texting in recruitment and provide insights on how staffing firms can balance efficiency with respect for candidates. Best Practices for Using Automated Texting in Recruitment Define a clear objective for texting Before implementing any texting campaign, define your goals ...

Have You Looked Everywhere to Find Talent?

By Kim Henderson posted 07-11-2022
Have You Looked Everywhere to Find Talent? With a stong June jobs report and unemployment holding steady at a low 3.6%, how do we find skilled workers in this battle for talent? A successful recruiting strategy starts with acknowledging that you won’t solve your current hiring challenges by applying the solutions of the past. This is the time to revisit underlying assumptions, stress-testing them one by one. Most companies compete for the same narrow set of candidates, but you can gain an edge by hunting for talent where others are not. What are the less common sources of talent? New college grads Every year scores of new college grads hit the streets ...

Does Remote Work Benefit Everyone?

By Kim Henderson posted 06-27-2022
Does Remote Work Benefit Everyone? As the battle for talent rages on, skilled workers have the power to select their employer of choice. Companies realize that a successful retention strategy starts with acknowledging that they won’t solve their labor challenges by applying the solutions of the past. In that spirit, most organizations have embraced remote workers in some capacity. Two years into the remote work experience what have we learned, and does this model benefit everyone? There are different pro and con arguments for remote/hybrid working. These center around how different employers perceive remote working and the inherent culture of the organization. ...

“What can I do today, to influence tomorrow?”

By Dave Cox posted 06-27-2022
Imagine an instinctive reporting suite that simply “Tells” you what to do next? A suite free of any bias or subjectivity. A revolutionary suite that allows you to predict future results based on “what-if” scenarios… Brilliant right? Well, it’s coming! This blog will divulge a little secret as to which ground-breaking, disruptive recruitment platform, has woven these such reporting tools into its rudimentary fabric. The recruitment industry continues to persist with dated practices to measure business and personal performance. Certainly, the days of input driven metrics such as the number calls, number of CVs submitted, and ratios have long since been superseded? ...

Are You Focused on Client Loyalty?

By Kim Henderson posted 06-23-2022
Are You Focused on Client Loyalty? As the war for talent rages onward, staffing companies have been focused on engaging and retaining internal employees as well as candidate attraction to fulfill client needs. Most staffing companies have not placed an emphasis on client retention because demand has been so strong that they feel there is an endless need. However, we all know that downturns and economic slowdowns are inevitable and cycles happen. We must prepare now to retain our clients before a decline happens. How do we create a customer retention strategy that keeps them engaged and loyal? Let’s explore in a 2-part series how we can build a loyal client ...

Are You Focused on Client Retention?

By Kim Henderson posted 06-23-2022
Are You Focused on Client Retention? As the war for talent rages onward, staffing companies have been focused on engaging and retaining internal employees as well as candidate attraction to fulfill client needs. Most staffing companies have not placed an emphasis on client retention because demand has been so strong that they feel there is an endless need. However, we all know that downturns and economic slowdowns are inevitable and cycles happen. We must prepare now to retain our clients before a decline happens. How do we create a customer retention strategy that keeps them engaged and loyal? Let’s explore in a 2-part series how we can build a loyal client ...

Talent Engagement Technologies Revolutionizing Workforces

By Charlotte Gurney posted 02-12-2022
The way that businesses manage workforces has shifted considerably throughout the pandemic. While many of the initial solutions employed were designed around survival, we now see much more of a focus on technology to energize and innovate talent management. From improving the employee experience to achieving greater diversity in the workforce, boosting retention and pushing up productivity, talent engagement technologies have a lot to offer where the workforce of the future is concerned. Widespread adoption of cloud technology Of all the talent engagement technologies revolutionizing workforces today, the cloud - and the ancillary technologies it supports ...

Why employee experience and engagement is key to business success

By Charlotte Gurney posted 01-03-2022
Employee experience and engagement is at the heart of business success today for any organization. These two metrics provide valuable insight into how the business is doing internally and also whether this is creating the output objectives that have been defined for your enterprise. Learning to work with employee experience and engagement can be transformative for any business. Experience and engagement definitions Employee experience is effectively looking at everything that happens during an employee lifecycle from the employee’s perspective. Given that candidates tend to make judgments about employers from the first point of contact, this includes ...

Reinventing talent sourcing globally post Covid

By Charlotte Gurney posted 11-18-2021
The pandemic has changed the pressures on talent sourcing and created a whole new set of obstacles to finding the right people and building a resilient workforce. However, with the right strategy it’s possible to make progress in crafting a productive and progressive workforce - these key areas are the foundations from which every reinvention strategy needs to grow. A new approach to finding and hiring Even in challenging times it’s vital that every work force continues to expand and the pandemic has provided some useful new tools to move forward. For example, the success of video interviews has given organizations a more flexible option for the start ...

ASA Thanks Its Volunteers

By Michela Gaviorno Taylor posted 12-21-2020
On behalf of the ASA board of directors and staff, I would like to personally thank the following volunteers for their contributions of time, expertise, and enthusiasm over the past year. The work of ASA would not be possible without your many contributions. Thank you, Michela Gaviorno Taylor Niti Agrawal, Stage 4 Solutions Inc. Fernando Aguilar, Staff Pro LLC Bob Alcorn, Express Employment Professionals William Alexander, HighView Healthcare Partners LLC Samira Alimohammad, TSC, CSP, Specialist Staffing Solutions Inc. Emma Almond, ManpowerGroup Tracy R. Arthur, CSP, United Talent Alison Ault-Hilk, Volt Information Sciences Frank Auriemma, ...