Subject to Talent

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 ju...

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...

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’ 10th Talent Acquisition Ecosystem. The conversation runs the gamut – from emerging areas, such as campus recruiting, talent intelligence and labor market intelligence, ...

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 econom...

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 cha...

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 conversa...

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.

Leveling the Procurement Playing Field

This month, host Bruce Morton welcomes Keith Hausmann, chief revenue officer at Globality, the world's first artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform and marketplace for sourcing global services. Together, they discuss how technology is fueling a better enterprise buying experience – from consumerization of the enterprise and smarter sourcing through AI and machine learning, to economic inclusion and the future of procurement.

Hire From Anywhere w/Pearson

Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, recently launched Hire From Anywhere, a shift in their approach to talent acquisition that greatly broadens the talent pool to find the right person for the role. On this special bonus episode of our Subject to Talent podcast, we welcome Pearson’s Lisa Egan, Vice President of Indirect Procurement, and Gene Carlson, Vice President of HR and Talent Acquisition, to discuss their commitment to finding the very best talent regardless of location and the ...

Employer Brand Takes Center Stage

As news of a “Great Resignation” trend dominates headlines, HR and talent acquisition leaders alike are looking to their employer brand to differentiate and stand out in a highly competitive, ever-changing market. What does it take to attract and retain great talent today? And how can organizations adapt to the growing digital workplace while retaining their culture. Join Bruce Morton in his fascinating conversation with Ryan Schulz, managing director of brand and experience design at full-servi...

Is Direct Sourcing the Answer in a Tight Labor Market

TalentNet partner and chief operating officer Justin Lumby joins Bruce Morton on Subject to Talent to discuss direct sourcing. The conversation covers the impact of today’s tight labor market on how organizations are strategically approaching attracting and hiring talent into their organizations as well as hypothesizing about what the future of the talent industry will look like. Let’s listen!

What Your Data Knows (That You Don't)

This month, visionary Shon Burton stops by Subject to Talent to discuss how companies are (or should be) leveraging AI to find and retain the skills they need to get work done. As founder of leading talent intelligence company HiringSolved, Shon has plenty of views on HR tech, from why AI in HR is so difficult to recruiting epiphanies found within their clients’ data. Listen in as Shon and host Bruce Morton demystify the hype around AI in today’s workforce solutions.

Navigating the Return to Workplace

From safety requirements to company culture impacts to the hybrid workplace opening up talent pools in the future of work, in this episode we welcome Rebecca Bray from Epitec, one of Allegis Global Solutions’ strategic suppliers, to discuss how organizations are navigating return to workplace plans.

Why We Do The Work: The DEI Leadership Experience

In this episode, AGS Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) Marketplace Manager Brooke Stovall sits down with I&D leaders Jasmine Guy and Franklin Reed to discuss their shared and individual experiences as I&D leaders – from how they came into their roles to their day-to-day challenges to what they’re most proud of today and excited for in the weeks and months ahead. We hope you enjoy the conversation.

Lessons in Resilience

Resilience is a “soft skill” that’s required to navigate the complexity of today’s everchanging, ever more disruptive market landscape. In this episode, AGS Senior Bid Manager Holly Gimenez sits down with Director of Business Development Steve Tolen to discuss how leaders are taking the lessons they learned in 2020 and paying it forward with strategic workforce investments in 2021. Check it out!

Workforce Solutions: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow with Simon Bradberry

Subject to Talent brings you AGS’ Vice President of EMEA Simon Bradberry. In this first episode of season 2, Simon dives into what we learned from 2020, where we are in the industry today, and how to approach the workforce of tomorrow.

Season 1 – That’s a Wrap

Thank you so much to all our guests and listeners for your support in our first year. It’s been a wonderful season, and we look forward to what season two has to bring. Have a wonderful holiday!

A Fully Virtual RPO Implementation

Interested in learning how Allegis Global Solutions evolved its approach to implementing recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) programs amid a pandemic? In this episode of Subject to Talent, AGS’ APAC Vice President Sarah Wong and Global Director of Operations Belinda Walker share a successful implementation with personal care corporation Kimberly-Clark that took place completely virtually across 12 countries in 15 weeks. Check it out!

Finding Connection in Remote Recruiting

Curious how the pandemic has changed recruitment? Industry expert and “recovering recruiter” Bill Boorman has the data you need – including the shifting mindsets of applicants and what companies need to consider when it comes to employer branding, candidate engagement, and talent attraction. Plus, hear why it’s important to recreate the sparks of creativity that come from in-office encounters of happenstance amid a digital world of scheduled connections. Listen today!

Rethinking RPO

Thinking about implementing an RPO program or want to learn more? AGS’ Executive Director of Customer Enablement Kathy Clem and Vice President of Global Business Services Tom Jewett discuss how today’s savvy companies are rethinking how they acquire talent to transform their organizations and get work done.

Building a Service Procurement Business Case

Don’t know where to start when creating a business case for services procurement? Then listen in as AGS’ Global Vice President of Customer Success Andrew Grant and Executive of Procurement Solutions Jonathan Winters share everything you need to know, from the factors to consider and structures that work best – including providing data to back it all up – to which stakeholders to include and common pitfalls to avoid, to enable a decision to be made. Learn more today!

The Opportunity Divide

As current events reshape how work gets done, Allegis Group is dedicated to addressing the opportunity divide. In this episode, President Andy Hilger discusses how employment breeds hope through stories about people who have faced adversity, and achieved purpose and dignity through their work. We also learn about ways Allegis Group is keeping opportunity alive amid challenging times. Check it out today!

Evolve Your Talent Tech Stack

Do you struggle with knowing what technology you should be leveraging to solve business problems? Jonathan Kestenbaum, the co-founder of Talent Tech Labs (TTL), shares TTL’s evolution as a talent acquisition technology incubator helping buyers figure out what tools can help solve their business problems. Check it out!

Leadership & Genuine Vulnerability

Leadership journeys – the great ones – often involve some stumbles along the way to truly uncover what it will take to succeed. Listen in as AGS' Senior Vice President of Global Operations & Business Development Steve Schumacher shares how the foundations of trust and loyalty, combined with a realization about the importance of investing in relationship building and being vulnerable, have shaped his leadership story.

A 360 View

We often see rising unemployment rates and think the talent shortage doesn’t exist anymore; however, it’s the skills gap that is still prevalent. And you might have the strongest recruiting team, but in today’s labor market, finding top talent remains difficult. Learn from Managing Director Kim Sneeder how CareerCircle is tackling this challenge by providing access to upskilling and reskilling tools to position workers for their next opportunity – and building active pipelines to address the ski...