The staffing industry provides career opportunities and workplace solutions for some 16 million Americans each year which makes a vital contribution to the United States’ workforce and economy. The industry generated $428 billion in revenue worldwide in 2016, according to the “Global Staffing Industry Market Estimates and Forecast: May 2017 Update” released by Staffing Industry […]

The future is all about ‘gigs’, ‘jobs’ are a thing of yesterday; at least that’s what we are being told. The old-fashioned features like permanent jobs, regular schedule, superannuation, regular fixed pay and a monotonous work routine no longer fuel the American dream. Technology and digital platforms have freed the modern worker from these outdated […]

Although there are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends, demographers and researchers often refer to them as individuals born between the years 1982 and 1993. Millennial characteristics vary by region, depending on socio-economic conditions. However, the generation is generally marked by an increased use and familiarity with communications, media, and digital […]

It is time to start planning for 2017 and the best way to do that is to take a look at 2016 and analytically predict trends for this year. Assessing these trends will enable you to identify hiring practices in the industry, and help you shape your company’s talent acquisition and talent retaining polices. Here […]

As we all know, individuals born between 1965 & 1978 are referred to as Generation X or Gen-X. They are tech-savvy, pragmatic and competent. As experts attribute, the latchkey experience gained by this generation made them independent and self-managing. The word often used to describe this generation is ‘cynical’, but in their defense, their work […]