Last year, Ardent Partners predicted that the global business landscape would experience a sharp uptick in the utilization of non-employee labor as a direct result of the pandemic’s sweeping impact on business and human interaction. Going into 2020, 43.5% of the average organization’s total workforce was considered “contingent.” In 2021, that number sits at nearly 47% and there are strong indications that this percentage will grow as the transformation of talent and work continues forward.

Additionally, 82% of all businesses state that the challenging times of 2020 created a bigger need for extended and non-employee talent. The past 12 months have clearly revealed that workforce scalability is an essential link to economic survival in the now-chaotic, hyper-competitive world of global business. Taking that scalability one step forward is the very root of workforce agility, from which businesses can tap into talent pools, marketplaces, clouds, and communities to enhance the work done by the trusted FTE workers, and a range of services and other recruitment streams to build, in real time, a dynamic response to a crucial enterprise initiative. The contingent workforce has become the foundation of workforce scalability, and rightfully so: businesses that survived 2020 and look forward to thriving in the second half of 2021 are actively harnessing the dynamic power of the agile workforce to get work done.

In many ways, direct sourcing represents a robust link to the agile workforce, helping businesses tap into on-demand talent communities, pools, and clouds to find the best-fit, best-aligned expertise for open roles and critical enterprise projects. Direct sourcing remains a top priority for organizations across the globe as businesses continue to reimagine how they scale their workforce during these evolutionary times.

Join me next Thursday (July 15) at 1pm for an exclusive webcast hosted by LiveHire that will highlight the transformation of the agile workforce, its impact on the world of talent and work, and the role of direct sourcing in today’s workforce management programs. LiveHire Executive Vice President, Karen Gonzalez, will join me to discuss:

• The value of direct sourcing in contingent workforce management.
• The benefits of talent pools and their impact on talent quality and depth.
• The keys to building an effective direct sourcing program.
• The link between today’s agile workforce and true workforce scalability.

Click here to register for next week’s webinar. Looking forward to seeing you there!

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