Three common themes emerged in fourth-quarter earnings calls: a growing appetite for M&A, increasing demand for highly specialized solutions, and improving workforce retention. … READ MORE >
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3 priorities for insurers in the future of work: Spring 2022 outlook
A confluence of pressures is forcing many insurance companies to reinvent their traditional operating models. … READ MORE >
Workforce solutions firms see growth opportunities following banner 2021
Private equity firms clearly see the value of workforce solutions firms, evidenced by the significant capital raised and number of deals closed in the space in 2021. … READ MORE >
Labor shortage remains a major challenge for oil and gas: Spring 2022 outlook
Oil and gas companies are facing a labor shortage that poses serious risk to the industry’s efforts to recover from the tumult of the past two years. Some workers are moving to the renewable energy space, while others are leaving the industry altogether. … READ MORE >
Rising capex investments require ‘new collar’ workers: Spring 2022 outlook
Since the last economic recession, the industrial sector has lagged others in capital goods investments, but 2021 saw record industrial spending in this area as companies played catch-up. This elevated spending could have important implications for the industry’s future, especially on the labor front. … READ MORE >
Manufacturing and energy industry outlook: Spring 2022
Our spring outlook examines how manufacturing companies can thoughtfully incorporate robotics into their business models, lessons learned from the auto industry when it comes to automation, the oil and gas workforce landscape, and the labor implications of elevated capital expenditure investments. … READ MORE >
Changing work patterns in the middle market: An MMBI special report
COVID-19 has had a wide range of effects on how middle market businesses conduct operations. Although many of the innovations that companies instituted to deal with the pandemic were meant to be stop-gap measures, some of these initiatives are now here to stay. Read RSM’s new Middle Market Business Index special report on these issues. … READ MORE >
3 things to know this week in energy: Oil prices spike, workforce diversity, Inter Pipeline
Biweekly, we highlight three things going on in the energy industry that we think you should know about. Here’s the latest. … READ MORE >