Work, staffing, and employment

Finding work, keeping it, leaving it, and the rules around each. Historically this sector bundled health insurance, pensions and leave into employment; the gig and fractional shift is slowly unbundling all three back onto the individual.

20solutions

9public companies

6private, mutual, nonprofit, state

$302Bpublic market value

Its neighbourhood

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Public companies

Organisation	Market value	Products	Serves
ADP ADP	$120B	payroll, 401(k) recordkeeping, ADP employment report	Employer retirement matching, Parental leave
Recruit Holdings (Indeed 6098	$100B	Indeed, Glassdoor	Job boards and professional networks
Workday WDAY	$60B	HR and finance software	Flexible and part-time professional work
Randstad RAND	$8B	staffing, Monster	Staffing and temp agencies, Job boards and professional networks
Adecco Group ADEN	$5B	staffing, General Assembly, LHH outplacement	Staffing and temp agencies, Reskilling and mid-career training, Severance agreements
Robert Half RHI	$4B	staffing, Protiviti consulting	Staffing and temp agencies, Consulting and contracting
ManpowerGroup MAN	$2B	Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions	Staffing and temp agencies, Reskilling and mid-career training
Upwork UPWK	$2B	freelance marketplace	Consulting and contracting, Flexible and part-time professional work, Part-time work in retirement
ZipRecruiter ZIP	$0.5B	job marketplace	Job boards and professional networks

Private, mutual, nonprofit and state

Organisation	Valuation	Products	Serves
Handshake	$3.5B	college recruiting network, internships	Job boards and professional networks, Internships, Résumé and career coaching
BetterUp	$4.7B	coaching platform	Executive and career coaching, Résumé and career coaching
iRelaunch		return-to-work programme consulting	Return-to-work programmes
AARP		member advocacy, job board for older workers, Medicare plans via UnitedHealthcare	Age discrimination law, Encore careers and board service, Supplemental and advantage plans
VolunteerMatch (Idealist)		volunteer matching	Volunteering
Gusto	$9.5B	small-business payroll and benefits	Employer-sponsored health insurance, Employer retirement matching

Solutions in this sector

Parental leaveInfancy
Part-time and summer jobsAdolescence
Job boards and professional networksEarly adulthood
InternshipsEarly adulthood
Staffing and temp agenciesEarly adulthood
Résumé and career coachingEarly adulthood
Flexible and part-time professional workParenthood
Return-to-work programmesParenthood
Caregiver leave and employer supportMidlife
Severance agreementsMidlife
Executive and career coachingMidlife
Starting a businessMidlife
Limited liability entitiesMidlife
Consulting and contractingLate career
Phased retirementLate career
Encore careers and board serviceLate career
Concierge, errand, and care-navigation servicesLate career
VolunteeringLate career
Part-time work in retirementRetirement
Bereavement leaveDeath

Trends reshaping it

Generative AI and agentsCompounding now. Evidence is visible in company results and data.
Remote and hybrid workAlready large; the question is how it resolves, not whether it happens.
The unbundling of the degreeReal but not yet at scale. The effects described are expected rather than observed.
Gig, fractional, and portfolio workAlready large; the question is how it resolves, not whether it happens.
Time wealth, the four-day week, and the anti-hustle turnReal but not yet at scale. The effects described are expected rather than observed.
Working past seventyCompounding now. Evidence is visible in company results and data.
The return of the tradesCompounding now. Evidence is visible in company results and data.
Union revival and rising wage floorsDirection genuinely disputed. Reasonable people expect opposite outcomes.