Healthcare Was Staffing’s Best Vertical. Now It’s the Worst-Hit. Here’s What the 2026 Reset Looks Like.
Key takeaways:
Healthcare staffing revenue fell 6% in 2025 to $39.4 billion and is forecast to stay roughly flat in 2026. The pandemic-era boom is over, and...
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Healthcare Was Staffing’s Best Vertical. Now It’s the Worst-Hit. Here’s What the 2026 Reset Looks...
Key takeaways:
Healthcare staffing revenue fell 6% in 2025 to $39.4 billion and is forecast to stay roughly flat in 2026. The pandemic-era boom is over, and...
AI Agents Are Reshaping Recruiting Workflows. Most Staffing Firms Are Still Buying Wrappers.
Key takeaways:
The "AI agents" most staffing firms are being sold and true agentic AI aren’t the same thing.
Fewer than 10% of enterprises have scaled agentic...
StaffingHub Brief: Rising Back-Office Costs, Missing AI ROI, and Imminent Virginia Pay Transparency Compliance
Welcome to this week's StaffingHub Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup for staffing agency leaders. In this week's issue:
AI was cited as the cause of a record...
AI-Generated CVs Have Broken the First Stage of Recruitment
By Eric André, CEO & Co-Founder at Kiku
Key takeaways:
AI tools now let marginally qualified candidates produce polished, keyword-optimized CVs in minutes, making the document an unreliable...
Can You Trust AI With Your Compliance Language Yet?
Key takeaways:
The short answer is not for the final word, and not for current law. AI is a fast first-drafter, but not your compliance reviewer.
AI...
The Human Layer Makes It Work: Why AI-First Staffing Still Needs People
By Gregg Carey, Co-Founder & CEO, More Staffing
Key takeaways:
The competitive advantage isn't AI or people, but the deliberate pairing of both, and most staffing firms aren't...
How to Deploy AI Sourcing Without Flooding Your Pipeline With Junk
Key takeaways:
Most "junk pipeline" problems come from vague criteria rather than AI. Define your must-have signals for each role before you turn a tool on.
Automate...
Recruiters Are Spending More Time on the Phone. AI Is Why.
Key takeaways:
Recruiter call time hit 286 minutes per week in Q1 2026, the highest level on record and double what it was two years ago, as...
May Jobs Report: Hiring Holds Steady as Temp Help Posts Third Straight Monthly Gain
Key takeaways:
Payrolls rose but growth stayed moderate: BLS reported total nonfarm employment grew by 172,000 in May, roughly in line with April’s revised gain of 179,000,...
New Report: What Manual Back Office Operations Are Actually Costing You
Key takeaways:
Processing one placement's onboarding paperwork costs $59.92 in direct labor, before accounting for compliance exposure or DSO drag from billing errors.
The average gross margin...
