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.

Transcript Mark Feffer: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. My guest today is Nancy Miller, the director of Talent Technology Solution Design at the staffing firm, Atrium. We're going to talk about contingent workers, what they want and what employers should expect, and...
Some 60 million Americans performed freelance work at some point over the last 12 months, according to Upwork. That represents 39% of the total American workforce, the company said in its study of independent workers, Freelance Forward: 2022. “Freelancing continues to gain popularity among skilled professionals as more people evaluate...
Ceridian launched its Ideal Talent Marketplace during Ceridian INSIGHTS, the company’s global customer conference. The Talent Marketplace is designed to deliver speed and flexibility in staffing both businesses and workers. The product aims to help Ceridian customers as they navigate a world of staffing shortages, thin agility and rapidly changing...
Beekeeper added new capabilities to its mobile-first platform, Beekeeper’s Frontline Success System. Founded in 2012, Beekeeper aims to serve frontline employees and organizations by providing digital solutions that can automate businesses processes and communications from any location. “The disconnect between employers and their frontline employees is at an all-time high, causing...
Eightfold AI launched Talent Flex, a contingent workforce management solution, as a new component of its Talent Intelligence Platform. Talent Flex delivers an AI-powered solution to help HR and procurement leaders efficiently source and manage contingent workforces, at scale. As part of Eightfold's Talent Intelligence Platform, Talent Flex will provide users with...
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...
ADP launched new features to its WorkMarket platform with the idea of helping businesses organize, manage and pay their extended workforce. ADP said companies using freelancers, 1099 contractors and contingent workers need the ability to manage their workflows from a single dashboard. WorkMarket provides that, along with enhanced functionality on...
Fiverr International acquired Stoke Talent, a platform that helps businesses manage their use of freelance workers, for $95 million. Among other things, Stoke offers tools to onboard, pay and track budgets. The companies said the acquisition is meant to offer more value to larger customers and integrate with existing...
Transcript Mark: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM technology report. I'm Mark Feffer Mark: My guest today is Vish Baliga, Chief Technology Officer at SAP Fieldglass, not surprisingly considering Fieldglass is focused on procurement and contingent work. He spends a lot of time thinking about contingent workers and contractors. We'll talk...
Mark: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. My guest today, Sean Behr, the CEO of Fountain. They're a high volume recruiting platform. We're going to talk about COVID-19 impact on hiring and the dynamics of the labor market in general, all on this...