Thought Leadership

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14 Jun Discovering the Power of AI with Glider AI: A YouTube Miniseries on the Extended Workforce

Posted at 16:29h in new by Magdalena Wolak

If you’ve been curious about what kind of impact AI tools have had on workforce tools, you’re not alone. In this engaging series, Jeff Mike, the Head of Insights and Impact at Flextrack takes the lead as the interviewer, delving deep into the fascinating world of...

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25 May Launch into limitless VMS potential: Generative AI integrations are about to change how you work

Posted at 16:35h in Featured, new by Magdalena Wolak

Is there such a thing as “communicating” with a Vendor Management System (VMS)? Between figuring out which forms to complete and remembering specific commands to get the data you need, maneuvering a legacy VMS can be restrictive and complicated. Flextrack is on a mission to...

02 May Dispatch from UNLEASH America: A Long-Awaited Convergence Arrives for The Extended Workforce

Posted at 18:01h in Featured, new by Jeff Mike

We are reaching the tail end of the Spring conference season. With every cycle, conference planners are taking another step in recovering from the downtimes during lockdown and Delta/Omicron surges to bring these events back, better than ever. The in-person connections at these industry conferences...

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11 Apr A Taste of Granular Data and Human Potential in People Analytics

Posted at 15:24h in Featured, new by Jeff Mike

By now, you have undoubtedly been handed a meal check with the gratuity already included at least once during an outing. While it has been standard practice for large parties for automatic gratuities are becoming more standard for any number of customers. This includes singles...

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29 Mar Why should a VMS and a talent marketplace work together?

Posted at 15:20h in Featured, new by Mark Zolkos

A VMS (Vendor Management System) is the central hub of the processes that enterprise buyers rely on to screen, hire, control, and pay contingent labor from all different sources of talent. Talent Marketplaces are technology platforms where people can search for and hire internal and external...

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22 Feb There’s an App for That: Consumer-Grade Technology Reaches the Extended Workforce

Posted at 13:54h in new by Mark Zolkos

One of the best parts of the smartphone revolution is App Stores. Banking, Maps, Ride-Hailing, Food Delivery, Shopping, Weather, Music, and more provide apps to make things faster, easier and more convenient. Most organizations that provide a service can immediately start to add value through...

A smiling HR professional is gazing at a futuristic interface screen that shows graphs and stats representing the cutting-edge technology and sophisticated analytics that are being used to drive people analytics strategy for the extended workforce.

16 Feb Your People Analytics Strategy Is Incomplete Without the Extended Workforce

Posted at 01:59h in new, Featured by Jeff Mike

Changes associated with the Future of Work have created the greatest opportunities ever for those of us on the people side of business. Transformative technology, globalization, demographic shifts, and a rethinking of the role of work in our lives and society have given HR practitioners...

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16 Jan ChatGPT and Bias-Free, Skills-Based Job Descriptions for The Contingent Workforce

Posted at 16:16h in new by Jeff Mike

If you’ve spent more than ten minutes on the Internet over the past few weeks, you’ve undoubtedly been hit by the most recent wave of hype concerning technology, work, and life: ChatGPT. While the temptation among some may be to predict the decimation of entire...

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22 Dec 2023 HR and Talent Predictions: What About the “Other” Half of the Workforce?

Posted at 20:01h in new by Jeff Mike

As a turbulent 2022 ends, the business world receives an annual procession of predictions about what will shape the human resources (HR) and talent landscape in the coming year. These predictions provide a valuable service for those of us on the people side of business....

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01 Dec Best Practices For Implementing A VMS

Posted at 14:25h in new by Mark Zolkos

When it comes to managing your organization’s extended workforce, step one is to identify and implement a vendor management system (VMS). A VMS coordinates and automates processes to manage your extended workforce, which can help your businesses realize improved efficiencies, increase control, enhance visibility and optimize...