The holiday season is fast approaching, and when it comes to retail, it can be difficult for employers to keep up with the hiring rush. The problem: … Read more
EEOC to Ratchet Up Scrutiny of Gig Economy Employers
This week the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission approved an updated Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) for fiscal years 2017–2021, setting out its … Read more
How To Make Your Contractors Part of the Team
It’s no secret that contract employees often feel like second-class citizens in the workplace. Employers are prone to separating full-time and contract … Read more
Does LinkedIn’s Free Agent Platform Have a Future?
LinkedIn is fascinating but frustrating. Is it just the world’s biggest pile of professional resumes or something more? Is being a publishing platform and … Read more
The Force Awakens: Freelance Workers Will Soon Outnumber Employees
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away … All right, not that long ago in a country right here in the U.S. … Freelancing and temporary work was … Read more
3 Trends Defining Hiring Success in the Digital Economy
An organization’s ability to identify, attract, and plug in the most creative minds precisely when and where they are needed is the foundation for … Read more
5 Ways the U.S. Can Compete with New European Jobs Act
In January, the Italian government announced the Jobs Act, designed to protect Italy’s growing class of freelancers and the self-employed. The Jobs Act … Read more
Are You Pushing the Limits on Your Labor and Your Workforce?
One of the first things I learned in Industrial Psychology was the breakdown and distribution of labor. I learned what it meant to have a full-time … Read more
Everything You Need to Know About the ‘Gig Economy’
It has been called the sharing, on-demand, and gig economy. It has been recognized as a revolution and has had that titled stripped in the same year. It’s … Read more
Tech Insights: On-Demand Talent Comes to the Aid of Recruiting
One of the most important new categories of HR technology is the talent platform. These are the apps that connect clients to on-demand labor. In almost any … Read more