Interesting Contingent Workforce blog posts for the week of March 1 - 7th

Bill Gates: Skilled foreign minds needed in US or competitive ...

6 hours ago by Bill Inman ... so the nation can double the number of graduates in those areas by 2015. See the whole story at the financial times here. Workforce Vision * Post: Bill Inman * Human Capital * Contingent Workforce * Globalization * Trends * Outsourcing. Workforce Vision - http://workforcevision.blogspot.com/index.html [ More results from Workforce Vision ]

Japan’s newly contingent workforce

5 Mar 2007 by z One of the key reasons for the rise of depression, dissatisfaction and malaise in modern Japan is the changing nature of work, and the decline of community within Japan. I’ve just read a piece by Masahiko Ishizuka, originally published ... AsiaFile - http://www.shuttingoutthesun.com/wordpress

Levi Strauss & Co. To Participate in Contingent Workforce ...

5 Mar 2007 Original post by Levi Strauss & Co. and software by Elliott Back. RetailInsider.net - http://www.retailinsider.net

HOME BASED BUSINESS - THE CONTINGENT WORK FORCE!

3 Mar 2007 by Howard Hanson Many of these individuals became a part of what has come to be called the contingent workforce. The contingent workforce consists of temporary, part-time, contract and leased employees along with people who simply decided the time was ... HOME BASED BUSINESS COMMUNITY - http://homebasedbusinesscommunity.blogspot.com/index.html

Albany Acquires eWork Services to Expand US Contingent Workforce ...3 Mar 2007 by HR Marketer
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—March 1, 2007—Albany, a leader in global contingent workforce management services, announced the acquisition of eWork Services, Inc., a specialist in contractor payrolling services and 1099 compliance. ...
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Workforce Vision * Post: Bill Inman * Human Capital * Contingent Workforce * Globalization * Trends * Outsourcing

Tracking the Rise of Global Contingent Workforce

Steve Marlin of Global Services writes, "CONTINGENT workers, also known as temps, part-time and contract workers, have long been a staple of the global labor force, providing a flexible and cost-effective means of smoothing out fluctuations in demand and production...Small wonder that companies are clamoring for ways to reduce the costs and improve the efficiency of their contingent workers."

"Beset by a lack of uniform hiring processes and procedures, minimal controls and high administrative costs, companies have found themselves in a quandary in managing contingent workers. And now that the contingent workforce has gone global, the level of complexity has ratcheted up, with a patchwork of labor laws, wage rates and cultural differences thrown into the mix."

In response to this companies are:

* Investing in processes and technology to meet demands for greater visibility into * Setting up master contracts with staffing-services companies to handle requisitions for every kind of worker, from unskilled to the most technically
* Implementing supply chain software to put in place the same controls over contingent-worker procurement as they have for indirect goods and services.
* Being challenged to bring consistent process, technology and program governance to a function that’s historically been decentralized.

Companies are taking these initiatives because they are looking to:

1.) Reduce the time for candidate-sourcing and filling requisitions was cited as a challenge by nearly half (48%) of participants in an Aug. ‘06 study by Aberdeen Group.
2.) Improve collaboration (48%)
3.) Obtain greater visibility into rates and processing costs (40%)
4.) Increase compliance and verify worker qualifications (36%)
5.) Reduce runaway spending (33%).


Tracking the Rise of Global Contingent Workforce. [Global Services - Steven Marlin]

Workforce Vision * Post: Bill Inman * Human Capital * Contingent Workforce * Globalization * Trends * Outsourcing