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.

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...
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...
Transcript Mark: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. Today, I talk with Madhu Chamarty, the CEO and Co-Founder of BeyondHQ. Their platform is designed to streamline the process of building and scaling distributed teams. Given all the talk we hear about the changing workforce,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...