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Sean Rehder is a Contingent Workforce Developer who administers this site and specializes in building online solutions for workforce issues. Also, a former Independent Contractor Compliance Manager and Program Developer for such companies as Oracle, Cisco, Seagate, Inktomi, Ariba, CommerceOne, etc.

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Allan Schweyer is the Executive Director of the Human Capital Institute and is also a noted recruitment analyst and author of the recently published Talent Management Technologies (John Wiley and Sons). Allan has been involved in HR Technologies since 1994, when he pioneered e-recruitment solutions for Human Resources Development Canada. Prior to being named Executive Director of the Human Capital Institute, he was a senior researcher, analyst and consultant with HR.com and the editor of the HR.com staffing vertical.
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Alice Snell is Vice President of iLogos Research, a division of Recruitsoft. As a leading industry analyst, Ms. Snell has authored numerous articles and reports on recruiting technology issues including best practice staffing management methodologies and jobseeker behavior online. Ms. Snell has been frequently called upon to provide expert commentary and analysis regarding staffing management technology issues and is quoted in leading media including The Boston Globe, Chief Executive, The New York Times , PC Week, IT Recruiter, Chicago Tribune, and CNBC.com.
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Simon Meth builds rock-solid staffing systems. Incorporated are all facets of the recruitment process including recruiting, identifying, behavioral or competency based interviewing, selecting, and hiring the best-and-brightest candidates for his clients. These people make a difference each-and-every day.
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As a Passion Catalyst (sm), Curt Rosengren helps people discover their passions and create careers that ignite them. His work is based on the Occupational Adventure Guide (sm), a passion pursuit / career development model he created to offer people an easily understood and effective approach to finding the career of their dreams.

Curt shares his thoughts daily at the Occupational Adventure Blog, "an ever-unfolding mixed bag of nuts, loosely clustered around the the central theme of Occupational Adventure - that is, a career that really gets you juiced." He also writes a monthly passion pursuit e-newsletter called Passionkey (sm).
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Tom Mochal is President of TenStep, Inc., a methodology development, consulting and training company. He has published a book on project management called Lessons in Project Management (Apress 2003). He has also developed a complete portfolio management process for companies called PortfolioStep (www.PortfolioStep.com), a project management methodology called TenStep (www.TenStep.com) and a framework for implementing and supporting project management within companies called PMOStep (www.PMOStep.com). Tom has over 23 years of IT experience, at Geac Computers, The Coca-Cola Company, Cap Gemini E&Y and Eastman Kodak. Tom has published hundreds of columns, and has presented and trained on project management and life-cycle topics around the world.
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Sue Becker is the owner of From Piles to Smiles™ professional organizing service. She is a C.P.A., and spent 20 years in various auditing, accounting, finance, and marketing positions at a variety of companies, including The Quaker Oats Company and Ameritech. The organization and time management skills that she used in these positions led to numerous accolades, including a prestigious leadership award. She started From Piles to Smiles early in 2000.
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News and insight about working in and with today's contingent workforce.

Workforce news and insight from Sean Rehder, a former Recruiter, 1099 Independent Contractor Compliance Manager, and Supplier Qualification Program Manager turned web developer.



Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Journal EntryWorking with the Contingent Workforce
By Esme Friesen

"Whether you are the owner of a small start-up company or the HR manager of a large firm, the thought of hiring a contingent worker is likely to have crossed your mind.

The squeeze on budgets continues the same as it has for well over a decade. Whereas everybody wants to expand their scope while increasing their bottom line, adapting to variable market trends is still the order of the day. In some organizations this means the hiring of new staff and for others this means a decrease in their labour pool. Either way, HR managers have had to find flexible staffing solutions and as a result, the demand for a skilled, reliable contingent workforce has risen.

Contingent workers cover a diverse group of employees and staffing situations, from Temporary and Contract Workers to Project Staff, Leased Executives and PermaTemps, the list goes on."

Full article.

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November 16-17, 2005
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