Steve Dern

The tabels are turned as I take a turn as host of the Talent Equation Podcast, inteviewing April Tslaga, Vice President of Abacus Service Corporation of the impact and evolution of artifical intelligence as it applies to talent acquisition and management. Click the link below to view the episode via YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovzYzvCtqoU But where are the PEOPLE!?!?!?

Usually, my posts are focused on the staffing solutions space, perhaps discussing key factors for success (and the pitfalls to avoid) when launching a contingent workforce program, or the impact that AI is having on talent solutions operations, or how to properly position your firm for growth in today’s hyper-competitive supplier market. But let’s face it… Aren’t you sick and tired of reading and talking and hearing about those same subjects over and over? I think it is time we discuss...

In the talent solutions world, we are used to three-letter phrases that are actually acronyms for our industry and the talent culture. MSP. VMS. FMS. EOR. AOR. CRM. ATS. And that is just the list that would make the board on a contingent workforce edition of “The Family Feud!” But there is a three-letter word - yes, an actual word - that is so much more meaningful and powerful that it can be transformative to an organization. WHY? Organizations ask this question all the time, or at least they...