Contingent Workforce

A growing proportion of today’s workforce is “non-traditional,” meaning they work for outsourcing firms, are contingent employees, consultants or gig workers. As employers invest more time and money in their employees’ experience, more HCM technology vendors are designing and developing systems that allow companies to manage their people in a unified way, whatever their status. The challenge goes beyond technology: It involves culture, collaboration between HR and Procurement and a retuning of management’s mindset. And, it involves every aspect of people management, from talent acquisition and engagement to workforce strategy.

Namely plans to launch four new bundled offerings designed to address challenges faced by SMBs in the current economic landscape. The launch will take place at the HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas. The company believes small businesses are increasingly challenged by financial limitations when it comes to investing in...
Technology solutions provider Beeline released two products designed to address the prevailing challenges of today’s labor market: Beeline Professional and Global Workforce Intelligence. Introducing the products will further the company’s goal of “empowering companies to gain a competitive advantage by optimizing their extended workforce,” Beeline said. The solutions were created...
Fiverr relaunched its Fiverr Business service as Fiverr Pro, which it calls an end-to-end solution for both employers and freelance talent. The company believes that if businesses continue to approach hiring and work as they have in the past, they’ll risk missing out on finding the workers best-suited to...
Upwork and OpenAI have gotten together to launch OpenAI Experts on Upwork, which offers businesses the chance to connect with independent professionals who have experience with OpenAI’s environment. The companies said they co-designed the program to feature talent who know the OpenAI API platform, and to draw from the 250...
Upwork expanded its platform to include AI offerings and resources. Most notably, the company added an AI services hub to connect businesses with independent AI professionals. With it, Upwork said, companies can more easily find and hire independent talent for their AI projects, including consultants, researchers, developers and engineers. Additionally,...
SAP and Microsoft are collaborating to bring more AI tools to enterprise talent acquisition teams. The companies said they’ll cooperate on integrating SAP SuccessFactors solutions with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot in Viva Learning, as well as Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Service. The integrations will allow for the development of “new...
Fiverr introduced Fiverr Enterprise, formerly Stoke Talent, which the company acquired in 2021. The move comes as Stoke Talent is being integrated into Fiverr, and as the company continues to expand its solutions upmarket in a drive to bring larger brands into Fiverr’s suite of products. Fiverr said the Enterprise product...
Transcript Mark: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast with the HCM technology report. I'm Mark Feffer. My guest today is Bridget Quinn Kirchner. She's the senior director of client experience at the ADP Company Work Market. We're going to talk about the dynamics of contingent work, the mindset of contingent...
High volume ATS provider Fountain added conversational AI feature, Fountain AI, to its product suite. The feature helps recruiters to screen and qualify candidates efficiently and automates manual processes. Fountain AI aims to accelerate the hiring funnel and help hiring managers get candidates through the process faster, according to the...
The global contingent workforce management industry generated $171.5 trillion in 2021, and will reach an estimated $465.2 trillion by 2031, a CAGR of 10.5% from 2022 to 2031. According to Allied Market Research, the growth is driven by an increasing demand for flexible workforces, shifting demographics and labor force...