Human Resources: Leader of the talent supply chain?

Human Resources: Leader of the talent supply chain?

The demand for talent is increasing and the way talent is acquired is changing. The workforce has pivoted to include anywhere from 25-40% contingent workers (and growing) and contingent talent is used in increasingly strategic and mission critical roles. Now is the time to engage human resources colleagues as the “owners” of talent and workforce planning within the organization.

Best Practices for Internally Managed Programs

Best Practices for Internally Managed Programs

In our 2017 CWS Roundtable, we discussed “Best Practices for Internally Managed Programs.”

During our conversation, a variety of topics were agreed upon as being critical to the management and/or consideration of selection of an internally managed program model.

Here is a snapshot of this discussion and a disclaimer that as an organization, HireTalent believes that “one size does not fit all“ and that program models must be in alignment with organization culture.

 

Recruiting a Diverse Team: Q&A with HireTalent’s Founder Ashish Kaushal

Recruiting a Diverse Team: Q&A with HireTalent’s Founder Ashish Kaushal

As many owners of Contingent Workforce programs would confirm, traditional guidance has been to keep contingent workers at arm’s length: limit tenure, mark badges differently, sit contractors on a different side of the floor all with the primary goal to limit co-employment risk. However, an unintentional consequence of such actions is making these workers feel they are inferior to the full-time employee and disconnected from the organizations they are serving.

US must adopt a multicultural workforce

US must adopt a multicultural workforce

As many owners of Contingent Workforce programs would confirm, traditional guidance has been to keep contingent workers at arm’s length: limit tenure, mark badges differently, sit contractors on a different side of the floor all with the primary goal to limit co-employment risk. However, an unintentional consequence of such actions is making these workers feel they are inferior to the full-time employee and disconnected from the organizations they are serving.

Diversity Isn’t a Number—It’s a Culture

Diversity Isn’t a Number—It’s a Culture

As many owners of Contingent Workforce programs would confirm, traditional guidance has been to keep contingent workers at arm’s length: limit tenure, mark badges differently, sit contractors on a different side of the floor all with the primary goal to limit co-employment risk. However, an unintentional consequence of such actions is making these workers feel they are inferior to the full-time employee and disconnected from the organizations they are serving.

2017 Summer Series: Diversity and Inclusion in the Contingent Workforce {Part 3}

2017 Summer Series: Diversity and Inclusion in the Contingent Workforce {Part 3}

As many owners of Contingent Workforce programs would confirm, traditional guidance has been to keep contingent workers at arm’s length: limit tenure, mark badges differently, sit contractors on a different side of the floor all with the primary goal to limit co-employment risk. However, an unintentional consequence of such actions is making these workers feel they are inferior to the full-time employee and disconnected from the organizations they are serving.

Talent Demands and Reactions

Talent Demands and Reactions

It’s clear our current political landscape is one of constant change. One of these changes is that this administration is creating a U.S. employment environment in which a limited number of H1B visa holders will begin to work on significantly increased salaries. We know that these actions will require employers and talent agencies to produce creative solutions that will stretch new limitations on available skills and the budgets that are generally are used to source candidates working on H1B visas.

This Working Mother's Life

This Working Mother's Life

 

After college and some travel, climbing the career ladder, and getting married I chose my next job: being a mother. I suspected it would be my most challenging and rewarding role and I was right. Three children later, I haven’t looked back but I have reflected about my journey and about how we can make it a bit easier for parents – specifically mothers that work outside of the home.

Don't Reinvent the Wheel, Just Realign It

Don't Reinvent the Wheel, Just Realign It

After a few short quarters in the contingent workforce management (CWM) space, the metrics used on scorecards to evaluate enterprise/supplier relationships become pretty straight forward to all those involved. It is expected that performance is evaluated upon submittal, quality, and price factors which is all meaningful data, no doubt. After twenty years in the industry, though, it is still surprising that scorecards continue to leave out one key piece of data that quantifies the contribution to overall program success made by each supplier: the “Trust Metric.”

Under the New Administration

Under the New Administration

Even those that do not hold roles responsible for the procurement and management of talent are familiar with the concepts of the contingent workforce and the “Gig Economy.” Many have heard that by 2020, as Intuit’s recent study reports, it’s anticipated that around 40% of the U.S. workforce will be part of this flexible, portable workforce of individuals who choose to work as “independents” vs “employees” of organizations.

Healthcare Staffing: A Growth Industry

Healthcare Staffing: A Growth Industry

Healthcare is one of the growth leaders in the staffing industry with expected growth of 14% in 2017. It has been one of the fastest growth staffing industries since 2008 outpacing every other industry. We are expecting this growth pattern to continue in double digits until 2020. The expectation in 2020 is that 1 in 8 jobs in the workforce will be in Healthcare. What is driving this trend?

Collaboration in the Supply Chain

Collaboration in the Supply Chain

 

We are hearing more about the evolution of contingent workforce management (CWM) towards an ecosystem approach in which internal stakeholders, external partners, and contingent talent are working in a more collaborative way than ever in the past. Let’s take a look at how these partners are evolving CWM and have begun to transform their supply chain relationships.

International Program Expansion: Where to Begin?

International Program Expansion: Where to Begin?

During the recent 2016 Contingent Workforce Summit, I had
the opportunity to moderate several roundtable discussions on
the topic of international program expansion. The conversations
had that day were lively and each of the roughly thirty
participants represented a different point in the journey for the
establishment of a global contingent program – some of the
programs had already absorbed European regions and other
programs were in the analysis stage for global expansion. Across
the morning, though, we discussed a common theme in each
session: how can risk be mitigated during the launch across the
enterprise?

2016 Summer Series: The Evolving Contingent Workforce, US Cellular

2016 Summer Series: The Evolving Contingent Workforce, US Cellular

I recently spoke with Michelle Cox at US Cellular who is responsible for the strategy development, execution, and management of their contingent workforce program. Michelle’s background includes vendor management, team building, and call center outsourcing. She cites the opportunity to engage and support people as what keeps her engaged in contingent workforce management (CWM). In addition to her role at US Cellular, Michelle is passionate about her work as a Life Coach which allows her to empower others in the creation of what they really want in life both personally and professionally. This can range from relationships to career to well being.