By Mike McSally After years of tail winds and outliers that both the job seeker and staffing firms benefited from, the past three years have been a reality check for most. The industry bounced from …
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“Kip Calm and Carry On” – Kip Wright on Prioritizing Discipline in Tough Times
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum. Tommy was traveling, so I had a one-on-one conversation with Kip Wright, the founder of Wright Path Advisors and the former CEO and Chairman of …
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“The IT Factor” – Joel Leege on Selling to Win in Staffing
As President and COO of Red Oak Technologies and Chair of the Board of Directors of TechServe Alliance, Joel Leege has a unique perspective on what’s coming down the pike for IT staffing. And with …
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Winning in Healthcare Staffing: What It Takes and Who Will Get There by Bob Livonius
Our first-ever longform insights report highlighted twenty-five predictions for the future of healthcare staffing from twenty senior agency leaders across the country, exploring economic, structural, legislative, and operational shifts in healthcare staffing. Shortly thereafter, we …
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RefAssured Creates Revenue and Redeployment Engine for Staffing Industry with Platform Expansion
Hire Quality platform for staffing agencies turns trustworthy performance data into an evergreen asset to drive revenue growth, redeployment, and compliance San Francisco, CA – March 11, 2025 – RefAssured, a provider of automated reference …
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“Rx for Healthcare Burnout” – Dr. John Mehall on the Future of Locum Tenens
Healthcare staffing is at a turning point. We’ve come down from the demand peaks of the pandemic. We’re seeing a high volume of consolidation as agencies of varying sizes assess how to operate profitably moving …
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“Jumping for Joyce into 2025” – Loyalty, Service, and Running through the Mailbox
Joyce Russell. Anyone who knows her can vividly remember the first time they met her and how she made them feel. And I’d venture to say that how she made them feel was probably pretty …
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25 Healthcare Staffing Predictions for 2025
‘Tis the season for family time, hot cocoa, and preparing your business for 2025. That’s why we’ve spent the past month speaking with senior executive leaders from some of the largest and most innovative healthcare …
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“A Seat at the Table” – DeLibra Wesley on the Price of Authenticity
Let’s be honest. Investing in corporate culture can be, even if well-intentioned, a largely performative exercise. Times are tough and the way forward is uncertain. The staffing industry has seen monumental changes at a breakneck …
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“First Do No Harm” – Ethics, Empathy, and AMN Healthcare
On Ref Around the Edges, we believe that every much-hyped innovation deserves a healthy dose of skepticism and context. We as technologists have an obligation to build solutions to solve meaningful problems – not find …
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Does Your Agency Place the Best People? Great. Prove It.
Here’s the deal… When you ask a staffing agency what makes them different from their competitors, almost every single one of them will say the same thing: “it’s our people.” A people industry, in the …
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“JeffAssured” – When Life Hands You Lemons, Build a Legendary Business
Jeff Harris and Jeff Bowling have a stellar reputation for leadership in the staffing industry. They are celebrated for building storied healthcare and IT staffing companies (Harris with ettain, acquired by ManpowerGroup and Bowling …
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