Change your team’s approach to problem-solving by changing the way you think. Cheryl King Berry is the President of Aquent Studios. With over 15 years of experience in the world of creative agencies, she aims to partner with and empower her clients to reimagine their brands. Airbnb wasn’t always the…

Whether you like it or not, there is bias in your hiring process. But that doesn’t have to be the case. Start by asking yourself these questions. — Jenn Tardy, founder of Jennifer Tardy Consulting, is a diversity and inclusion consultant. She is an official partner to LinkedIn and The Society for Diversity, holder of a Masters in Business Administration, is a Certified Diversity Recruiter (CDR), Certified Diversity Practitioner (CDP), and a Certified Diversity Executive (CDE). …

We knew we had to do the work, so we did. And then we decided to go a step further. — Aishu Challa is a Product Manager at Aquent and led the team developing our Diversity+ solution. She holds a Masters in Innovation from Northeastern University and is Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC), Scrum Master Certified (SMC), and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). There is no question that 2020 brought…

And taking drastic action to become carbon negative. Chris Bambacus, Director of Social and Environmental Responsibility. With a background in User Experience Design, Information Technology, and Political Science, Chris is passionate about sustainability and emerging technologies. What if we told you that a workforce solutions company was building solar panels…

After the surreal year of 2020, things are starting to return to some sort of normal. And for many, that isn’t necessarily a good thing when it comes to working. Erin Bloom is the Head of Culture and Community at Aquent where she oversees their remote work policies, Diversity, Equity…

Why are staffing companies giving away their expertise for free? It’s time for a change. Every day, staffing companies of all sizes give away one of their most important services for free — their expertise in recruiting. The hard work of sourcing, screening, and evaluating talent for contingent roles is…

Term limits are more of a headache than an effective strategy to mitigate risk. There’s a much more effective way. Chances are there is a contingent workforce in your organization. In fact, these non-employees are estimated to make up almost a third of the total workforce in the United States…

That’s right. A staffing firm is telling you that the industry-standard pricing model costs clients more. Do you employ your contingent talent through staffing agencies? If so, you’re likely being charged for costs that don’t actually apply to your talent. You’re paying based on maximum, not actual costs. The majority…

Daniel Perez is the President of Aquent Cloud, which provides web-based project management to creative and marketing organizations. It is no secret that things around the office (when we all used to work in an office) slow down on Fridays. Calendars that look like Jenga™ towers Monday-Thursday suddenly have conspicuous…