Subject to Talent

Intersectionality: The Impact of Identity at Work

Humans are more enterprising when organizations make space for them to be their authentic selves. You can’t stop being yourself at work, so when you can bring your full self, your contributions can create an impact. On this month’s Subject to Talent podcast, Head of Getting Hired Amanda Burke and guest host Audra Woods, AGS client executive for marketplace diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), discuss the intersectionality of identity and how accessibility changes can set up your workforce for success.

A View Into the Extended Workforce

Recent trends show an increase in organizations engaging the extended workforce as well as a significant increase in the number of independent workers over the last few years. More companies are including contingent staffing segments in their workforce plan, making an extended workforce platform that includes data tracking for all workers an imperative. On this month’s Subject to Talent podcast Beeline CEO Doug Leeby shares how greater visibility and holistic management of the entire workforce within one platform provides a tactical advantage to organizations.  

Workforce Trends to Watch in 2023

Predicted recessions, talent shortages and shifting career paths mark the end of 2022, will this continue in 2023? On this month’s Subject to Talent podcast, Allegis Global Solutions Lead Market Analyst Kaitlyn Canarr rejoins the podcast to review workforce trends from 2022 and lay out what they indicate for workforce planning for 2023. Canarr shares what to expect, as well as ideas for how organizations can thrive in the new year.

Agility-First: Shifting to a Global Workforce

Following the global pandemic and through continued financial uncertainties, finding agile and flexible solutions to getting work done is crucial. On this month’s Subject to Talent podcast, Allegis Global Solutions Vice President of Global Business Services Tom Jewett explains how creating a new architecture for addressing the needs of the global workforce – bringing the work to the people, instead of bringing the people to the work – has been key to successfully guiding clients through turbulent staffing challenges.

Evolving the Workforce Technology Ecosystem

Sourcing and hiring talent continues to challenge organizations around the globe. Changes in candidate expectations, corporate requirements and decisions between whether to leverage the extended workforce or permanent hires can seem difficult without trustworthy data and the proper tools. On this month’s Subject to Talent podcast, Allegis Global Solutions’ Global Technology Strategy Director Ian Blake addresses the changing workforce landscape and how recruitment technology, such as the Intelligent Workforce Platform, can help secure the right resource every time.

Driving Workforce Strategy Forward: A CWS Recap

Staffing Industry Analysts’ (SIA) CWS Summit North America recently hosted its highest attendance in history. On this month’s Subject to Talent podcast, Dawn McCartney, vice president of SIA’s Contingent Workforce Strategies Council, recaps some highlights from this year’s event, including topics that elevated motivations, excitement and a keen interest in the future of staffing and how the way work gets done, moving forward, will continue to evolve.

Bridging the Gaps from DEI Strategy to Execution

Current research shows that companies with a diverse workforce tend to be 120% more profitable than those that aren’t. That’s why it’s critical to develop and implement a strategy now. On this month’s Subject to Talent podcast, Rocki Howard, chief people and equity officer at The Mom Project, uses financial, demographic and workforce data to illustrate the benefits of a robust DEI plan that focuses on hiring, building and managing your workforce. 

Building a Pipeline of Diverse IT Talent

When the number of open technology jobs is 6.5 times greater than the available candidates for positions, companies have to be creative. On this month’s Subject to Talent, Executive Director of Marketplace Diversity Solutions Lauren Kolodrubetz and Senior Manager of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity and Employee Experience Deanna McBeath talk about how their company, TEKsystems Global Services, is helping to build a more diverse, inclusive technology workforce. The program they’ll discuss isn’t just about building customers’ pipeline of IT talent; it’s also centered on making a difference for individuals who haven't had the opportunity to start careers in IT in more traditional ways.

 

Forecasting MSP & RPO 4.0 with Everest Group

This month, Subject to Talent welcomes Arko Basak, partner at Everest Group, to share findings from Everest Group’s recent report on the future of managed service provider (MSP) and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) services. The unprecedented talent shortage is accelerating macro trends in the industry as well as forcing organizations to shift their siloed approach to permanent vs. contingent talent, to looking at the full workforce as one. Listen in for a future-focused conversation rooted in the top talent challenges of today that you won’t want to miss.

Evolution of an Ecosystem: Talent Tech Then & Now

This month, host Bruce Morton welcomes Brian Delle Donne, president and cofounder of Talent Tech Labs, a research and advisory firm committed to fostering innovation, diversity, passion and opportunity through elevating state-of-the-art recruitment and talent technology. Together, they discuss the release of the Talent Tech Labs’ 10^th Talent Acquisition Ecosystem. The conversation runs the gamut – from emerging areas, such as campus recruiting, talent intelligence and labor market intelligence, to macro-trends like platformization, consumerization of technology and talent management technologies to address the hire-to-retire continuum.  

MSP in APAC: Myths, Evolution & What’s Next

This month, guest host Naveen Mascreen, executive director for AGS’ MSP business in India, welcomes Sameer Srivastava, senior vice president at Simplify, a workforce management software company, in APAC. Together, they discuss common myths and misconceptions around MSP and VMS solutions, how the MSP/VMS partnership has evolved in recent years, and what’s driving global companies to invest in these workforce solutions, particularly in the APAC region.

Universal Workforce Model

The Future of Sourcing

This month, host Bruce Morton welcomes Dawn Tiura, president and CEO at Sourcing Industry Group, the premier global sourcing association providing thought leadership, training and networking opportunities to executives in sourcing, procurement, outsourcing, shared services and risk from Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies. Together, they discuss some of the biggest topics impacting the world of procurement – from supply chain woes and third-party risk to declining workforces and the gig economy. The future of sourcing is bright – and more digital and sustainable than ever.

Workforce Trends to Watch in 2022

This month, host Bruce Morton welcomes Kaitlyn Canarr, senior analyst at Allegis Global Solutions, for a briefing on key 2022 workforce trends. As part of the AGS Market Analytics team, Kaitlyn specializes in talent intelligence and labor market economics. In this episode, Bruce and Kaitlyn break down key labor market data points – such as labor force participation, unemployment, quits, employment cost index and more – and how data analysis can inform employers of workforce opportunities and challenges ahead in 2022. A great conversation to kick off the year!

Disrupting Unconscious Bias in Hiring

“If you have a brain, you have bias.” Subject to Talent welcomes Consciously Unbiased founder Ashish Kaushal for this month’s episode, guest hosted by AGS Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) Marketplace Manager Brooke Stovall. In addition to founding this grassroots movement and organization promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, Ashish is also the CEO of the contingent staffing firm, HireTalent. Together, Brooke and Ashish discuss unconscious bias and how workplace I&D conversations often overlook contingent workers, and how addressing this missing piece can help organizations truly advance hiring, retention and inclusion of diverse talent in the workplace.

Women in Staffing

This month, host Bruce Morton sits down with Ursula Williams, chief operating officer at Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA), to discuss women in leadership in the staffing industry. Ursula highlights key findings from SIA’s recent report on the topic and shares best practices as well as personal experiences on mentorship, engaging men as advocates and the mindset and skill sets that future industry leaders – women and men – will need to be successful in the staffing industry. 

The Economics of Workforce Intelligence

This month, Jason Ezratty joins host Bruce Morton on Subject to Talent for a discussion on workforce intelligence – its beginnings, its evolution and how its powering better decision-making on how, when and where work gets done. As the cofounder, chairman and chief data scientist of leading augmented analytics company Brightfield, Jason digs into the smart technologies (NLP, ML and AI) and changing ideologies that are driving the new world of work.