The Number of Americans Working for Themselves to Triple by 2020.
There’s no denying it, career success to most Americans no longer means just climbing the corporate ladder. Long gone are the days of staying at one company with your entire tenure. Now more than ever, Americans want flexibility and self-employment as a way to create the freedom to control their career in an otherwise unstable […]
5 Reasons Why 2018 is the Year That On-Demand Staffing Goes Mainstream.
On-demand staffing, the idea that companies can engage their staff only when they need them and where they need them, is poised for a breakout year in 2018. Pioneered by Uber, refined by many technology-enabled staffing platforms, who provide on-demand services to consumers, the game is now shifting to where the real action is, corporate […]
Your Brand is Only as Strong as Your In-Store Talent. And They Want Flexibility.
Regardless of whether you perceive the gig economy in a positive or negative light, there is no avoiding its existence. A series of economic, social, and political trends have come together to produce the environment in which this explosively popular economic model is thriving, and businesses who want to remain competitive must learn to adapt.
Almost All New Jobs in The US Are Gigs
Research conducted by economists Lawrence Katz of Harvard University and Alan Krueger at Princeton University shows that from 2005 to 2015, the proportion of Americans workers engaged in what they refer to as “alternative work” jumped from 10.7% to 15.8%. This is even more proof that the traditional full-time job is rapidly disappearing. In fact, nearly […]
How to Use an On-Demand Workforce to Make Better Staffing Decisions
Supply chain management has greatly improved the health and efficiency of many companies, but it is no longer just a technique to bolster competitive advantage. Now, smart supply chain management is a must-have if an organization is to compete at all. In searching for new ways to streamline workflows and hedge for risk, many employers need […]
Sephora Named Store Concept of the Year
This week, Retail Dive announced their end-of-the-year awards, which are handed out to the best stores, products, and the top disruptors and innovators in the retail industry. While there are certainly plenty of contenders, these years’ awards have come under even more of a spotlight after all of the doom and gloom surrounding the retail industry […]
Retail’s Not Dead – But it is Facing a Reckoning
As major big-box retailers like Sears and JC Penney have been struggling to make ends meet, retail analysts have been forecasting a gloomy future for brick and mortar stores. The “retail apocalypse” has been a buzzword in 2017, as many more stores are facing bankruptcy amidst hemorrhaging sales, partially due to Amazon’s eclipse of the […]
Debunking 6 Common Myths About Hiring Freelance Talent
Once associated with more creative fields like music, writing, and design, freelance talent has in recent years expanded into essentially every sector of the economy, thanks to the internet. Even so, many hiring managers rely on old “knowledge” about freelancers in building their teams. Often, this means avoiding freelance talent entirely. To prove freelancers are […]
The Majority of the US Workforce Will Freelance by 2027
A majority of the US workforce will freelance by 2027, according to findings in the “Freelancing in America Study: 2017” released today by online staffing marketplace Upwork and the Freelancers Union. The fourth annual study estimates that 57.3 million Americans are freelancing (36 percent of the U.S. workforce) and contribute approximately $1.4 trillion annually to […]
AllWork App Connects Beauty Retailers With Sales Talent
AllWork is taking a page from Uber’s playbook and is looking to connect beauty brands and retailers with the right sales talent through a new AllWork app. “For many retailers, creating an experience and touching consumers is a way to win at retail and give customers a reason to come into their stores,” said Glenn […]
