Each month, DCR Workforce brings you greater insight into the temporary staffing market. The Trendline Report, offered to you at -Read full story...
No one doubts the benefits offered by supplier diversity programs, but the importance of having an effective implementation plan c -Read full story...
Enterprises using staffing agency-supplied contract workers face the challenge of minimizing supplier rates while ensuring that th -Read full story...
Companies are using more contingent workers, and becoming adept at balancing their talent needs with the use of contingent workers -Read full story...
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October 22, 2012
“But consider–A robot with a positronic brain would mimic human intelligence. If there were a horse or a dog that could speak and reason like a human being, there would be competitiveness there, too. Human beings might be all the more distrustful and angry at such unexpected competition from what they consider a lower formRead full story…
October 16, 2012
Numbers, even in percentages, have a way of projecting hard information, which even a thousand words may fail to convey. The commerce department’s report released on Thursday is a case in point: Orders for durable or long-lasting consumer goods fell by 13.2% (against an expected drop of 5%) from July 2012 to Aug 2012! (ItRead full story…
October 4, 2012
DCR Trendline provides data, demand, usage insights, analysis and modeling of the contingent labor market and evaluates the ever changing demand and supply of the US contingent workforce. Metrics usually vary from company to company and there are several statistics and trends delivered on employment, labor etc. by different services. However, a holistic approach toRead full story…
September 28, 2012
It is for good reason that the original staffing bill was toned down to arrive at the version of the bill that has passed into law after many sit down meetings of the lawmakers with representatives of staffing agencies and other activists. The Stipulations: The bill requires staffing agencies to disclose the following information toRead full story…
September 27, 2012
Like it or not, contingent workforce is the way forward for most companies. With the economy leaving everyone gasping with the effort of trying to stay in control, companies are hedging their bets by using temporary workers to flexibly ramp up and scale back as needs change! Given that the best of workforce strategies couldRead full story…