May 3, 2010

3 Tips for Establishing an Extended Workforce Background Screening Program

We live in an era of fast-paced changes. Workforces that used to be static are more fluid and dynamically changing than ever before. With vendors and contractors increasingly becoming a regular part of the workforce it is becoming more important to put in place a process to screen this "extended workforce" in the same way you do your full-time staff. The idea of putting a background screening program in place for contingent workers can be daunting for some companies. We will explore why such a process is important, and work through ...


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April 12, 2010

Rise in Temporary Labor, Fall in Safety

As economists are beginning to predict that the economy is showing signs of a turnaround, the first area in which the economy is seeing an uptick in hiring is the contingent workforce. In fact, a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released last month pointed out the significant and steady growth in the contingent labor sector. It stated that while 85,000 payroll jobs were lost in December, temporary employment rose by 47,000 jobs. In fact, growth in the temporary workforce has been steady since July and all indications show that the growth rate wil...


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September 22, 2009

Closing the Loop on Contract Employees

It is often easy to think of the workplace as the people that occupy it on a daily basis. What is often overlooked is that ten percent–and in certain instances as much as one third–of the labor force is comprised of extended labor, such as contract workers, temporary employees and vendors. Employers frequently fail to see the value in screening this essential segment of the labor market and tend to skip it altogether, but this can become a very costly mistake. The extended workforce is often given the same access to facilities, funds, ...


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