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Moving Up: Joan Davison's Vision for Contingent Labor Management is Pushing the Market Forward

Moving Up
Joan Davison's Vision for Contingent Labor Management is Pushing the Market Forward

MSP: Right Now
Contingent labor and MSP are both enjoying a recent surge in activity. Is it economy-driven? "The recession has increased a reliance on contingent labor, and it is only expected to increase," Davison explains. "The use of staffing firms to meet just-in-time and project-based hiring needs has become an integral part of an organization's overall workforce planning strategy as companies choose to rely on the flexibility of contingent labor to adjust quickly to changes in the business cycle without having to add or shed permanent positions."

In fact, McKinsey reports that 58 percent of employers plan to hire more contingent workers in the years ahead. Davison says that MSP programs provide a responsive way to manage contingent labor usage and can help organizations not only save money but meet corporate goals.

She says, "Through our MSP programs, we have helped many of our clients create strong working relationships with suppliers that might not have gotten a chance through traditional master supplier staffing relationships. This creates a win-win situation where our client is able to meet their goals, streamline expenses, and manage labor, while allowing these diverse businesses to grow. Another advantage of our MSP programs is that the savings we help our clients generate can be reinvested in their internal organization, allowing our clients to be more competitive, eventually growing their business and with it their labor usage - another win-win."