Join our chat with Nancy Maren, Assistant Director, Contingent Workforce to learn how to prevent your contingent workforce program from becoming a black hole to staffing suppliers submitting candidates.  Nancy has 20 years of experience in workforce solutions and will share how you can build a program that is mutually beneficial for the enterprise and suppliers. 

Your external recruiters spend a significant amount of time finding and submitting candidates, but oftentimes they hear nothing back from the enterprise. Their candidates land in a “black hole.” This creates a poor experience for the suppliers, candidates, and ultimately damages the brand of the enterprises.  

To explore this topic further, below are a few questions that we plan to explore:   

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Recap of the key sessions at Sourcing Industry Group's Global Executive Summit focusing on topics such as:

And more! 

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In a live episode of Contingent Workforce Radio, tune into a discussion with Keisha Stephens, Contingent Workforce Program Director at Splunk, on how you can get started with diversity for your extended workforce program. Keisha has over 20 years of experience in the contingent workforce with experience on the client-side and MSP-side. In this chat, host Erika Novak, Head of Client Services at Utmost, will dive into the beginnings of Keisha’s journey and challenges in building diversity programs for the extended workforce.  

Below are a few questions that we will explore:  

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Listen in to a casual Q&A with Steve Kendrick, Contingent Workforce Manager at Shell. Steve has nearly 30 years of experience in HR and HR Services at Shell. In his role as Contingent Workforce Manager, Steve has defined strategy and management of contingent workforce within the Total Workforce Planning process and achieved visibility of several billion dollars of spend.

And in most recent developments, contingent workforce process ownership is moving from Procurement and will fall under the remit of HR. This conversation will explore why the shift is happening and the main goals.

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Erika Novak, Head of Client Services at Utmost, will share her tips on staffing supplier management and making the most out of your contingent workforce program's relationships with suppliers. This comprehensive conversation will cover:

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Bringing change into an organization inevitably leads to roadblocks and hurdles. In the world of the extended workforce, new technology or new types of processes encounter pushback from senior leadership or other departments comfortable doing things the way they have always been done.

In this chat, Paul Petersen, Director of Skills Management and Workforce Solutions at Siemens Healthineers will share how he used a change mindset to usher in a new way of HR operations when it comes to the extended workforce. This conversation is essential for anyone looking to persuade senior management to evolve and adapt to the modern workforce’s needs.

Below are a few topics that you can expect to learn more about:

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One of the aspirations of many contingent workforce program leads is to achieve total talent management. Instead of siloing employees and non-employees away from one another, total talent management looks at the entire spectrum of talent to see what type of worker makes the most sense for a project.

Naturally, this leads to efficiency gains but also competitive advantages when the organization is able to optimize for the right skillsets regardless of worker classification.

Erika Novak, Head of Client Services at Utmost, will chat with Koenraad Lecot, Head of Contingent Workforce Management at Farmers Insurance to better understand total talent management and recommendations for others pursuing it.

Below are a few questions that we plan to chat through with him:

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Lysa has over 20 years of experience in HR including contingent workforce program management and HR operations. In this conversation, Erika Novak, Head of Client Services at Utmost will interview Lysa on how to create and managing compliance rules for your program. The two will also discuss best practices for navigating stakeholder relationships in doing so.

Below are a few questions that we will be chatting through:

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About two-thirds of contingent workforce programs use a managed service provider (MSP). Yet the most recent SIA Workforce Solutions Buyer Survey found that there is a greater share of program owners planning to move their program “in-house” than the share likely to explore using an external MSP.

One of the main challenges of moving in-house is building out a team to take on different roles and responsibilities. In this session, Brandon Moreno, President of EverHive, and Erika Novak, Head of Client Services, will share how to consider resourcing your team for an internally managed program.

Below are a fw considerations that they will dive deeper into:

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How can you help your team grow? In this episode, Erika dives into how you can help mentor and support your team.

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