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...
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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...
Why Your Best Biller May Be Your Worst Investment
By Matt Chambers, Founder and CEO, Loxo Key takeaways: Most staffing firms can tell you who billed the most...
StaffingHub Brief: Office/Clerical Share at 17-Year Low, AI’s Dual Headcount Impact, and Korn Ferry’s $1.1B RPO Play
Welcome to this week’s StaffingHub Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup for staffing agency leaders. In this week’s issue: Office/clerical...
June Jobs Report: Payroll Growth Grinds to a Halt as Revisions Erase Two Months of Gains
Key takeaways: Payroll growth nearly stalled: BLS reported nonfarm payrolls rose by just 57,000 in June, while April and...
Franchising Your Staffing Agency With Jason Leverant
There are so many different recruitment agencies to choose from, but AtWork’s unique franchise model really stands out in...
The Staffing Tasks Draining Profitability Every Week
By Dries De Coster, CEO & Founder, meet DWIGHT Key takeaways: Staffing agencies average just 23.2% gross margins, and...
Q2 2026 Staffing M&A Roundup: PE Writes Its Biggest Healthcare Check in Four Years
Key takeaways: Knox Lane’s $437 million all-cash acquisition of Cross Country Healthcare was Q2’s signature deal and marks one...
The Generalist Healthcare Recruiter Is a Job You’re Training People Out Of
Key takeaways: The healthcare staffing recruiter role is dividing into two specialties: credentialing and compliance experts on one side,...
StaffingHub Brief: SIA Confidence at 4-Year High, AI Adoption Yields Low ROI, and California’s New Layoff Mandates
Welcome to this week’s StaffingHub Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup for staffing agency leaders. In this week’s issue: SIA’s...
Understanding AI Compliance Obligations, Following Colorado’s Scaled-Back Legislation
Key takeaways: In May 2026, Colorado replaced its rigorous AI Act with a significantly less demanding version that removes...
Reshoring and Data Centers Are Driving Industrial Staffing’s Comeback
Key takeaways: Industrial staffing led all segments in SIA’s spring data, posting 5% median year-over-year revenue growth in April...
Meet SKY: Benefits That Run Themselves — and Keep Temps Longer
Sponsored by Benefits in a Card Benefits shouldn’t slow your firm down. For most staffing companies, enrollment means paperwork,...
You Don’t Have a Lead Problem. You Have a Leak Problem.
The three hidden revenue drains quietly bleeding placements out of your staffing firm, and how the best agencies are...
StaffingHub Brief: Industrial Hours Climb 7%, Half the Workforce Is Ready to Move, and Clients Are Stuck in AI Pilot Purgatory
Welcome to this week’s StaffingHub Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup for staffing agency leaders. In this week’s issue: US...