Wednesday, March 01, 2006

The Current State of the Contingent Workforce - One Size Doesn't Fit All

The Human Capital Institute will be putting on this webinar tomorrow in which I will be participating. I get 10 minutes to speak on Temps vs. Contract Talent. In particular:
  • The distinction between traditional temp labor and Contract Consulting Talent
  • Acquiring Consultants: HR vs. Procurement
Because time will be of the essence, and because I always like getting them, I have added a few take aways for the topic. They will be made available on HCI's site, but you can also get them through the links below.

"What Happens to your SS-8 and the IRS" & the IRS Form "SS-8: Determination of Worker Status"

The SS-8 is a form that the IRS recommends that an employer is supposed to fill out and send into the IRS when they don't know if their independent contractor is compliant or not. I would always tell companies that you should never, ever fill this out and send it in because the IRS uses them as a source for audits. The same way you never ask a cop what that tall, funny green plant is in your garden. :)

This report backs that up...I've highlighted it in red on the first page. I also included the SS-8 document so they know what it looks like.

IC or Employee - The IRS Training Manual

- always nice to have.

Manager Independent Contractor Compliance Questionnaire and Contractor Independent Contractor Compliance Questionnaire

Screen shots of the questionnaires that I recommend companies ask their hiring managers and IC's. If you view images through your browser, you may have to save the links and open them with another application (like paint) to view the shots.

Approved Vendor List, Independent Contractor and Consultant Directory, and the Preferred Agency List

A very general starter kit for companies to start identifying their professsional CW. Hopefully, it will get people start thinking about what will work best for them.

Managing Your Contingent Workforce

The article is a 3 part story with my section as the anchor piece. It proposes the idea of forming a Contingent Workforce Talent Management Office (CW-TMO) within the walls of a corporation. :)

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Contact Information
Sean Rehder
Principal
Orange County, CA.
Phone: (951) 858-4901
Email: sean.rehder@talentlogistics.com

Feel free to connect with me through LinkedIn.com I am an active member with the Human Capital Institute within their Contingent Workforce Strategies group
This is a link to Salesforce.com's App Exchange program.  All work that I do will be made available through this program I use the Microsoft product LiveMeeting to demo, deliver, and train new users to my program
Great online group for those in the recruiting industry.


Past Events
ER Expo 2006 Spring
San Diego, CA
March 14-16, 2006

I'll be there
"Now in its sixth year, the ER Expo conference series has helped hundreds of corporations develop and sustain world-class, industry-leading recruitment and staffing functions."



HCI's 2006 National Human Capital Summit
Chicago, IL
Chicago Marriott Downtown
Pre-Conference April 5, 2006
Conference and Expo April 6-7, 2006

I'll be there
"HCI's inaugural National Human Capital Summit Conference and Expo is this year's most important event for human capital professionals, line managers and executives who understand that talent will be the key driver for success in the knowledge economy."
Key Topics of Discussion
LEAD MANAGEMENT
Leads are suspects or people who have been identified as being part of your company's industry. These people need to be qualified to make sure they are someone you want to have a relationship with.


CONTACT RELATIONSHIPS
Contacts are individuals who are associated with your competitors or Acounts as I call them. Or people you have inditied for potential employment.


ACCCOUNT MANAGEMENT & COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE
Accounts are companies. They can be business partners, vendors or one of two types of competitors. Either a Direct Competitor which is a company that is in the same business you are and sells products “against” you, or an Indirect Competitor which is a company that is not in your business but does employ people similar to whom you employ.


OPPORTUNITIES
Opportunities are what you qualify Leads and Contacts against. Your open opportunities constitute your predictable talent pipeline and opportunities also serve as the foundation of your talent management forecast .


STRATEGIC PLANNING
Strategic Planning is used by both your talent acquisition team and your hiring managers…together. Together you create and manage plans and the associated strategies and execution tactics for these plans.

The planning process will most likely be performed for each quarter and be used only for strategic planning where a company makes the decision to proactively target either a highly desired skill set or to “staff up” for a large, high profile project. Strategic Plans are tied to specific departments or divisions and contain the overall objectives for the strategy such as targets, goals, strengths, and challenges.


STRATEGIES
For each Strategic Plan there is a set of strategies that define how the talent acquisition team will meet the hire targets by using a combination of sourcing, interviewing, recruiting, and presenting qualified applicants to Hiring Managers. Multiple strategies for each Strategic Plan allow a company to implement best practices and effective planning processes which includes plan activity management via collaboration of the talent acquisition team and their goals.


CAMPAIGNS
Campaigns are specific marketing activities that you manage to drive leads, build a brand, or stimulate interest in your company.


REPORTING
Reports are data analyses for you and your organization. You can create a variety of best practices reports, and you can build custom reports on the fly to better measure your team's activities, failures and successes.


DASHBOARDS
Dashboards are graphs, charts, and tables based on your custom reports. You can use dashboards to visually measure and analyze key elements of your talent acquisition efforts.


HOME PAGE
Your home page that displays your Outlook synched calendar and task list, along with a customized Dashboard view. You can also disply a list of "hot" links, RSS news feeds, and more web based customization at an individual user's level.


DOCUMENT STORAGE
These are documents that you use as part of your sourcing and recruiting processes.
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