The Manager Engagement Crisis Your Clients Don’t Know They Have
Key takeaways: Global employee engagement dropped for the second consecutive year in 2025, reaching a five-year low, and declining...
Category: Staffing Hub
Stop Treating Benefits as an Afterthought: Q&A With Carl Stecker of Benefits in a Card
Sponsored by Benefits in a Card Most staffing firms treat benefits the same way they’ve always treated them: a...
March Jobs Report: Payrolls Bounce Back, but the Recovery Is Narrower Than It Looks
Key takeaways: Payrolls rebounded strongly in March: BLS reported nonfarm employment rose by 178,000 jobs, led by health care...
StaffingHub Brief: Industry Hours Turn Positive, Hiring Rate Hits COVID Lows, and AI Rewrites How Candidates Search
In this week’s issue: Staffing hours grew year-over-year for the first time since September 2022, with engineering leading all...
What Staffing Firms Are Replacing Job Boards With in 2026
Key takeaways: Job boards produced 61% of applications in 2024 but only 42% of hires, while referred candidates were...
Your Back Office Is Growing Faster Than Your Revenue. Here’s How Leading Staffing Agencies Are Fixing It.
By Dries De Coster, CEO and Founder, meet DWIGHT Key takeaways: Every time placement volume grows, back-office headcount grows...
StaffingHub Brief: Commercial Hours Hold Strong, Candidate Trust Hits a New Low
In this week’s issue: Commercial staffing hours climbed 3% YoY the week ending Feb. 28, the strongest year-over-year performance...
Social Media Recruiting in 2026: New Platforms, AI Tools, and Growing Legal Exposure
Key takeaways: According to SHRM’s 2025 Talent Trends report, social media is the most-used recruiting strategy across industries, surpassing...
How Three Staffing Agencies Made Referrals Their Primary Sourcing Channel (And What They Learned)
There’s a meaningful difference between an agency that has a referral program and an agency that has made referrals...
Stop Selling Quality: Q&A With Tom Erb on Building Sales Systems That Actually Predict Growth
Most staffing firms are running on hustle and hope. They’re making calls, working their contacts, and grinding through a...
The Automation Illusion: Why More Tech Doesn’t Mean Better Margin
Key takeaways: Technology investment in staffing is accelerating, but buying automation tools and actually improving margin are two separate...
StaffingHub Brief: Strong Commercial Hours, Widening Talent Gap, and AI Disrupting Staffing
In this week’s issue: Commercial staffing hours hit a year-to-date high the week of Feb. 28. Findem is acquiring...
From DSO to Cash Discipline: Q&A with Alex Babin, CEO of Hercules on Building Financial Control in Staffing
Most staffing leaders don’t think of order-to-cash as a competitive advantage. They should. In a volatile market, billing leakage,...
Stop Leaving Money on the Dock: Kim Henderson on Client Share, Enterprise Sales, and Why Retention and Acquisition Are the Same Skill
Most staffing firms treat winning clients and keeping clients as two separate problems. Kim Henderson thinks that’s the wrong...
Daily Wins Replace Quarterly Reports in Recruitment Analytics
By Michael Ang, CEO and Founder of JobElephant Key takeaways: Quarterly and monthly reporting cycles leave staffing firms bleeding...
The Relationship Playbook: How Joel Steadman Is Scaling Balance Staffing in a Commoditizing Market
Balance Staffing has been around since 1997, but the company Joel Steadman joined as president in 2023 was ready...
Reimagining Marketing in a Down Market: Q&A With David Searns on AI, Buyer Shifts, and Building a Growth Engine
David Searns has had a front-row seat to nearly every major shift in the staffing industry. As co-CEO of...
StaffingHub Brief: Temp Hours Climb, the Jobs Report Gets Complicated, and AI Applications Are Now a Hiring Hazard
This week: staffing hours at year-to-date highs, a labor market sending conflicting signals, AI as both talent advantage and...
Leveraging AI in Recruitment With Chris Sund and Holly Stewart
AI is all the hype at the moment, and in recruitment, it’s obvious that it needs to be used,...
The Job Boards Staffing Firms Are Quietly Dropping in 2026 — And What They’re Using Instead
Key takeaways: Job board spending at staffing agencies dropped by more than half in recent years, and agencies that...