Mark Zolkos - Flextrack

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27 Jul Think Differently About Integrating Your Talent Ecosystem

Posted at 17:58h in new by Mark Zolkos

I’ve written numerous blogs over the past six months about enabling talent ecosystems for organizations. I’ve highlighted how there's no single technology that can solve all your talent needs. Only by constructing an ecosystem of solutions will businesses be able to source and manage all...

30 Jun Why is Integrating Extended Workforce Data Into Your People Analytics Practices a Must for Success?

Posted at 20:37h in new by Mark Zolkos

Vendor Management Systems (VMS), like Flextrack, generate countless data points on procuring and leveraging the non-employee or contingent workforce into an enterprise workforce strategy. Tracking metrics on hiring, how long it takes, process bottlenecks, worker utilization, tenure, attrition, cost, compliance, diversity, satisfaction, risk and more...

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24 Jun 3 Benefits of Harmonizing Your Talent Sourcing Technologies

Posted at 14:35h in new by Mark Zolkos

A number of core technologies are available for enterprise talent sourcing, and they vary whether you hire employees or non-employees. While there are similarities to what these systems do, they are not the same. They have different aims and value propositions, and they all play...

03 Jun How Can An MSP Leverage New Technology to Better Serve Customers?

Posted at 15:38h in new by Mark Zolkos

A very long time ago, one of my previous mentors told me that, “technology is all about getting to your bottlenecks faster.” His point was technology is developed to automate a process or interaction. And ultimately, this technology can uncover the gaps in service is or...

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19 May Supercharge your talent sourcing: Break down old school thinking and technology to keep up with a challenging market

Posted at 15:14h in new by Mark Zolkos

An effective talent sourcing strategy needs to be multi-pronged. Hiring teams need to be able to connect with a whole ecosystem of suppliers that have different reaches, aims, markets or specializations—including diverse and underrepresented groups. Businesses need to be able to switch suppliers and add...

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02 May Leveraging VMS Technology to Execute Your Diversity Strategy

Posted at 15:24h in new by Mark Zolkos

The benefits of a diverse workforce and its impact on a company’s overall performance are clear. McKinsey’s research, for example, shows that organizations within the top quartile for gender or racial and ethnic diversity are 35% more likely to have financial returns above their respective...

31 Mar New Criteria for Selecting Extended Workforce Solutions

Posted at 15:19h in new by Mark Zolkos

Organizations leverage consulting firms and managed service providers (MSPs) to help them select optimal technology for managing their extended workforce and achieving their talent strategy goals. These partners help to formally define an organization’s business needs as well as map out how different systems must...

02 Mar Leading Continuous Transformation

Posted at 16:12h in new by Mark Zolkos

In my previous posts, I focused more on how to combine value-added systems and service providers into a single platform to transform your extended workforce. Today, I want to discuss an approach to help lead either the successful launch of initiatives, the implementation of new...

18 Feb Platform as a Service for Your Extended Workforce Program

Posted at 16:40h in new by Mark Zolkos

If you recall, my first blog in this series, emphasized the difference between software as a service (SaaS) and a platform as a service (PaaS) for your extended workforce program. In the second installment, I explained how organizations are already adopting these PaaS solutions to enable digital transformation...

03 Feb The Rise of Platform-As-A-Service: Why organizations are Adopting PaaS to Solve Critical Business Problems

Posted at 15:10h in new by Mark Zolkos

In a recent post, I emphasized the difference between software as a service (SaaS) and a platform as a service (PaaS) for your Extended Workforce Program. More specifically, I highlighted how a platform of integrated value-added systems and service providers can unify and harmonize an...