As talented employees move between companies with increasing regularity, businesses are faced with a challenge: how to consistently retain their best and brightest. This article explores the use of continual employee education as a retention strategy that benefits both talent and employers. […]
Tag: Ecosystem
The New Standard for Procurement Innovation
Many procurement executives talk about making the procurement function more “strategic” in order to increase its value to the organization. But few have done as much to implement that vision as Kai Nowosel, chief procurement officer (CPO) at Accenture, the global professional services giant. […]
Get More Out of Your Contingent Workforce
Every year, you face the same challenge: You need to recruit dozens or even hundreds of contingent workers in record time and for limited-term contracts. This could be due to the seasonality of your products or services, or to the production peaks created by the rhythm of innovation. […]
Talent Ecosystems and the power of Direct Sourcing
Direct sourcing or self-sourcing is a model that continues to gain traction throughout the contingent labor staffing market. This model allows the MSP to drive increased revenue while fulfilling the client’s need for quality labor at the right price. […]
Making the Shift to a Talent-Centric Supply Chain
Research has shown that productivity of average-performing employees is significantly less than that of top performers, and that difference becomes even more pronounced as the complexity of a job increases. In highly-complex occupations, superior talent was shown to be up to eight times more productive. […]
Smaller Supplier Engagements: Does tail spend have you in a tail spin?
There are options in the marketplace that help your organization take strategic action to provide small vendor oversight and reap the many benefits of properly managing this critical 80% of your suppliers. […]
A Step in the Dark
Talent sourcing and acquisition technology is definitely moving forward, often leveraging some of the “hot” technologies we hear so much about. And, to Doug’s points, there is also a lot of confusion and mystification in the marketplace. Fortunately, all you have to do to create better talent acquisition outcomes is open your mind to this expanded channel. […]
Discovering the world of Japanese contingent workers
One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to cook more at home. While I am a great Italian cook, I can boil water for pasta, I want to expand my repertoire. Adding some Japanese recipes to my home menu in 2013 is essential. […]
Growth in Asia
As I was flying out of the Houston airport (IAH) one evening this week, I was reminded of my Texan friend’s comment “Everything is […]
