Beyond the Hype: How to Deploy AI Sourcing Without Junking Up Your Pipeline
By Dan Brunell, SVP of Franchise Development, Spherion Staffing & Recruiting Key takeaways: AI sourcing tools have made it...
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85% of Applicants Never Get Evaluated. Here’s What That’s Costing You.
Cost per hire hit $5,475 in 2025, up from roughly $4,700 the year before. Applications per recruiter rose 400%...
Agencies Running Zero AI Processes Contracted at 56% in 2025. Heavy Adopters Contracted at 31%.
Key takeaways: Agencies running AI in zero processes contracted at 56% in 2025. Heavy adopters (5+ processes) contracted at...
What Contingent Workforce Demand From Food Manufacturers Actually Requires
Key takeaways: Temporary and seasonal workers carry the same FSMA training and documentation requirement as a client’s full-time staff....
The Cost of Confidently Wrong AI
We all know that AI can be wrong, but as we run it for longer periods of time, it...
StaffingHub Brief: The Cycle Turns, AI Leadership Lags, and Three Compliance Deadlines Hit
Welcome to this week’s StaffingHub Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup for staffing agency leaders. In this week’s issue: ManpowerGroup...
49% of Job Seekers Think Your AI Screening Is Biased. Here’s the Documentation That Answers Them.
Key takeaways: Nearly half of employed job seekers (49%) believe AI recruiting tools are more biased than human recruiters,...
Healthcare Staffing’s Boom-Bust Cycle Is About to Reset. Here’s What Comes Next.
Key takeaways: Healthcare staffing returns to real growth in 2027, per Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA). revenue climbs from $38.7B...
Your Recruiters Are Filling Roles Faster. Some Won’t Last 90 Days.
Key takeaways: Time-to-fill improved across the market in 2025, dropping to 63.5 days from 67.7, according to Employ’s hiring...
Your Recruiters Are Having 60% More Conversations. Is Your Revenue Up Too?
Key takeaways: Recruiter interactions with candidates and clients jumped 60% year over year, and recruiter call time hit a...
The Journey Is the Plan
Sponsored by Benefits in a Card After thirty-four years of sitting across the table from carriers and bringing new...
The Visa Audit Coming for Staffing Firms, and What to Check Before It Finds You
Key takeaways: On July 8, 2026, the Department of Labor’s Inspector General announced a major investigation into H-1B and...
StaffingHub Brief: US Staffing Hours Climb 11%, AI Strategy Triples Your ROI Odds, and a Tax Credit Still in Limbo
Welcome to this week’s StaffingHub Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup for staffing agency leaders. In this week’s issue: US...
The Tax Credit Staffing Firms Lost on January 1, and What Might Replace It
Key takeaways The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) lapsed on January 1, 2026. Every qualifying placement was worth $2,400...
Why More Software Won’t Save a Stalled Staffing Agency
Key takeaways: Growth agencies don’t spend more on software. Tech budgets are flat across the industry. What differs is...
Food Manufacturers Are Building Contingent Workforces. That’s Your Opening.
GLP-1 demand shifts and tariff whiplash have made fixed headcount a liability for food and industrial plants. Agencies that...
Measuring AI ROI in Staffing
How should staffing agencies measure whether AI is actually moving the business forward? In this episode of The Staffing...
StaffingHub Brief: The AI ROI Gap Widens, an Infrastructure Hiring Boom Builds, and Your Vendor’s AI Mistake Is Your Liability
Welcome to this week’s StaffingHub Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup for staffing agency leaders. In this week’s issue: Only...
Speed Got You the Order. It Won’t Keep the Account.
Key takeaways: Fast fill still wins the order. Speed correlates with revenue growth more than any other operating metric,...
New Report: Make Every Conversation Count
How AI Sharpens Client and Candidate Relationships in Staffing AI’s highest return won’t be found in running conversations for...