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Beeline’s Future-Forward Approach: Revolutionizing the Extended Workforce

Ardent Partners and Future of Work Exchange research routinely points to the realm of “total talent management” as a critical offshoot of the greater Future of Work movement. The very ideas around total talent, in which businesses effectively blend catch-all and centralized strategies and processes for end-to-end talent acquisition (both direct hire/FTEs and contingent labor) and talent management (again, both sides), are typically divisive in the industry.

This is why the Future of Work Exchange has pointed to “total talent intelligence” as a gateway of sorts to bigger total talent management programs and initiatives. And, a crucial piece of total talent intelligence is total visibility into the extended workforce and its many forms.

Beeline, a market-leading Vendor Management System (VMS) and extended workforce platform, unveiled its new and innovative “Global Workforce Intelligence” (GWI) offering, as well as a new offering targeted at mid-sized contingent workforce programs (“Beeline Professional”).

The availability of the GWI tool is a watershed moment for the workforce solutions arena, as Beeline’s new tool will provide business users with enhanced levels of visibility into the totality of the non-employee workforce. This is an especially welcomed innovation for the industry, as the extended workforce has grown so large and complex (49% of the average company’s total workforce), and, with the advent of “omni-channel talent acquisition,” become ever-spread across numerous channels and sources (such as expert networks, talent marketplaces, direct sourcing-developed talent communities and talent pools, etc.).

In a press release, Beeline’s CEO, Doug Leeby, stated, “We help companies overcome the complexities of the modern workforce. Beeline’s solutions are filling gaps that have previously hindered the optimization of the extended workforce, enabling organizations to maximize every member of their workforce and gain a clear competitive market advantage.”

Gaining access to true, real-time talent intelligence across all workforce systems (not just VMS tools) isn’t just a boon for the progressive enterprises seeking total talent transformation; GWI is a solution that enables so much more, including dynamic viewpoints of compliance, real-time labor risk assessments, and enhanced workforce planning (and workforce optimization).

Beeline’s other new offering, Beeline Professional, is aligned to small- and mid-sized extended workforce management programs (under $25M in annual contingent workforce spend) that require access to a powerful array of VMS and extended workforce functionality. Beeline Professional was developed with pre-designed dashboards, tools, reports (and analytics), and workflows that can be harnessed without typical enterprise software implementation efforts.

Ardent and FOWX research finds that nearly 90% of programs of this size experienced an increase in utilization of extended labor going into 2023; these programs are also facing a major technology gap, as nearly 70% of small- and mid-sized extended workforce programs lack the required automation to effectively optimize their contingent workforce to be better-aligned with work that needs to be done.

“For far too long, extended workforce solutions have catered to enterprises and ignored the unique needs of mid-sized programs,” said Leeby. “Using insights from over the last 20+ years in the industry, Beeline Professional is uniquely tailored to meet the core needs of mid-sized programs without compromising quality and innovation.”

Beeline’s new GWI and Professional offerings exemplify the company’s enduring dedication to workforce innovation, showcasing their profound, Future of Work-driven vision aimed at maximizing the extended workforce’s impact and value.

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Announcing the 2023 Digital Staffing Technology Advisor Report

Omni-channel talent acquisition has become a centerpiece of the Future of Work movement. Revolving around the concept that enterprises are now enabled with a variety of talent sources that can be converged to drive real-time skills alignment, on-demand hiring, and enhanced visibility into deeper attributes of candidates, the idea of omni-channel acquisition reflects the veritable evolution of talent engagement.

While traditional staffing suppliers are still a critical piece of the extended workforce and everyday hiring, the “omni-channel experience” represents a new era in which enterprises can expand their talent searches through the advent of innovation, direct sourcing automation, new candidate channels, and next-generation and AI-fueled technology.

With this in mind, Ardent Partners and the Future of Work Exchange have developed the new Digital Staffing Technology Advisor report, which was designed to help HR, procurement, human capital, and talent acquisition executives navigate the digital staffing technology market. This report analyzes and assesses the primary solution providers in the marketplace today within the direct sourcing, talent marketplace, workforce management, and freelancer management technology industries.

The new Digital Staffing Technology Advisor analyzed and assessed 13 distinct providers of digital staffing, expert network, direct sourcing, talent marketplace, and freelancer management solutions, and is the ideal guide for those enterprises seeking to make an investment in these platforms in the months ahead.

Click here to download the new study, which is complimentary for qualified procurement, HR, talent acquisition, and talent management practitioners.

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The Future of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is ubiquitous, seemingly fostering a new era of technology and innovation that is poised to spark a revolution in how businesses find (and engage) talent, address how work is done, and structure core business operations. Within this spectrum, the very power of AI is already beginning to influence one of the most critical functions in the contemporary enterprise: talent acquisition.

I’m thrilled to join Opptly’s Lori Hock (CEO) and Rebecca Valladares (Head of Operations) tomorrow, August 16, for a Future of Work Exchange exclusive webcast that will demystify some of the confusion around artificial intelligence and spark discussion around its potential as a talent acquisition industry gamechanger.

Lori, Rebecca, and I will discuss:

  • How AI can be leveraged to drive efficiency, accuracy, speed, and deeper, data-driven decision-making.
  • Why AI will become the de-facto tool for recruiters and talent acquisition professionals.
  • How AI can revolutionize new strategies such as skills-based hiring and predictive analytics, and;
  • The future of AI-led tools (such as ChatGPT) and their responsible use as they become more entwined with everyday business processes.

Register for tomorrow’s webinar here or click on the image below. See you there!

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Optimize Your Workforce with Recession-Proof Strategies, Part Three

Today concludes our three-part series exploring several contingent and workforce strategies to achieve a recession-proof enterprise.

We’re now two months into the second half of 2023 and economically speaking, things are looking positive. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that GDP grew 2.4% in the second quarter of 2023. The labor market remains tight with unemployment at 3.6%, a rate not witnessed in decades. However, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the tight labor market provides the Federal Reserve with the flexibility to continue raising interest rates to fight inflation. Currently, inflation rests at 3%, a percentage point higher than the Federal Reserve’s longer-run goal of 2%.

Does the state of the current U.S. economy equate to a “soft landing” and the evasion of a recession? Maybe, maybe not.

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Optimize Your Workforce with Recession-Proof Strategies, Part Two

We’re now two months into the second half of 2023 and economically speaking, things are looking positive. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that GDP grew 2.4% in the second quarter of 2023. The labor market remains tight with unemployment at 3.6%, a rate not witnessed in decades. However, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the tight labor market allows the Federal Reserve to continue raising interest rates to fight inflation. Currently, inflation rests at 3%, a percentage point higher than the Federal Reserve’s longer-run goal of 2%.

Does the state of the current U.S. economy equate to a “soft landing” and the evasion of a recession? Maybe, maybe not. Due to the expectation of continued interest rate increases and the potential ramifications, uncertainty remains among executives and their enterprises. Thus, many are considering strategies over the next six to 12 months to recession-proof their critical workforce and their organizations.

With that in mind, the Future of Work Exchange features part two of a three-part series exploring several contingent and overall workforce strategies to achieve a recession-proof enterprise over the next few weeks. Part two explores the next three strategies.

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A New Era of Innovation, Part IV: The Future of Work Awaits

Over the past three weeks, the Future of Work Exchange has featured a series of articles that have highlighted the innovation occurring within the world of workforce management, talent acquisition, and staffing technology and solutions.

We live in a new era, one that is heralded by evolution, innovation, and acceleration…all part of the “Future of Work movement” that dictates how we work and how we thrive. Talent is the centerpiece of this movement, a veritable engine of sorts that drives innovation, sparks ideation, and facilitates competitive differentiation in a globalized market that thrives on expertise and top-tier skillsets.

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A New Era of Innovation, Part III: The Next Generation of Workforce Solutions

Over the past two weeks, the Future of Work Exchange has featured a series of articles that have highlighted the innovation occurring within the world of workforce management, talent acquisition, and staffing technology and solutions.

In a business world that is hyper-competitive and globalized, enterprises essentially run on talent. In such a corporate climate, there are many factors that can prohibit the modern enterprise from succeeding. Perhaps the largest of these is the major skills gap that exists within a majority of businesses today, and the inability to support critical projects and initiatives with necessary expertise.

In today’s rapidly evolving talent landscape, a plethora of channels has emerged, offering businesses a variety of options to source and manage their workforce. From digital staffing marketplaces and traditional staffing vendors to professional services, talent networks, and social media platforms, the choices are endless.

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Five Ways AI Can Transform Talent Management

Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform the many ways businesses find, engage, source, and manage talent, as well as how they structure business operations in a candidate-centric world. Today on the Future of Work Exchange, we present another exclusive infographic, “Five Ways AI Can Transform Talent Management,” that reflects how AI is primed to not only disrupt talent acquisition, but also influence, impact, and revolutionize the Future of Work movement.

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A New Era of Innovation, Part II: Inside the Workforce Technology Revolution

Last week, the Future of Work Exchange featured a discussion about the technological revolution happening within the greater world of talent and work. In a world combining economic uncertainty, a candidate-centric focus, and continued evolutionary change in a post-pandemic business landscape, an organization’s workforce solution reliance is often what sets it apart from the competition.

Today, we focus on perhaps the most mature of all workforce solutions: Managed Service Providers (MSPs).

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A New Era of Innovation: Inside the Workforce Technology Revolution (Part One)

It may be difficult to share this perception, given the fact that we’re still mired in an uncertain economic climate, but businesses today are in a rosier position than they ever were before regarding how they find and manage talent (and the ways they address how work is done). The Future of Work Exchange (and the nearly 17 years’ worth of research within its foundation) has often stated that talent is an enterprise’s top competitive differentiator. Throw in a global pandemic that ushered in a new era of work, along with a reimagining of the talent acquisition function, and what we have is a business market that will, probably forever, be laser-focused on the skillsets and expertise required to thrive on a truly global scale.

This, of course, places the utmost significance on a key arena within the typical enterprise: its utilization of workforce management technology, which includes extended workforce management, talent acquisition, talent intelligence, remote/hybrid workplace augmentation, direct sourcing, compliance and risk mitigation, and more.

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