Contract Labor Management: Best-in-Class Performance and Practices

Business Wire, March 5, 2008

* Distinguish your company as Best-in-Class

* Realize a 20% cost savings on contract labor spend

* Improve time to fill by 23%

BINGHAM FARMS, Mich. -- A new Aberdeen Group report identifies best-in-class strategies of over 330 enterprises in their management of contract labor. In an effort to continuously strive to utilize superior intelligence to provide outstanding customer service, Bartech Group has partnered with Aberdeen to survey industry participants to determine best-in-class practices for managing the sourcing and procurement of contract labor. Bartech Group is a professional services firm that provides human capital solutions designed to improve productivity, manage costs and increase quality of our client workforces. To download a complimentary copy of this unique, insightful and invaluable report, please visit http://www.BartechGroup.com.

As the market for qualified and available labor is continually tightening or expanding clients are on a quest to fill requisitions with the highest quality candidates in a timely manner and, to ensure that cost savings are part of the benefits of contingent labor. The report, "Contract Labor Management: Permanent Solutions for Temporary Worker," found that enterprises must look to automation as a cornerstone for cost savings. "Tools like automated job requisition-tracking, which 63% of Best-in-Class enterprises have in place, can increase visibility into contract labor spend and reap generous cost savings," commented Andrew Bartolini, Vice President & Group Director, Global Supply Management Research, Aberdeen. Survey results showed that automation led to a 20% cost savings on contract labor spend, which is nearly four times higher than all other organizations.

The report provides a framework of how best-in-class performers compare to those considered to be "average" and "laggards." In addition to recommendations for actions that ensure best-in-class performance the report includes case studies, testimonials, and expert insight.

About Bartech Group

Headquartered in Michigan, Bartech Group is among the largest independent human capital staffing firms in the United States. With about $200 million in revenue, the Company provides several key services: professional staff augmentation, workforce solutions for large users of contingent labor, recruitment process and business process outsourcing, and executive search. Bartech specializes in engineering, information technology, finance and accounting, and professional staffing services; business process outsourcing solutions; and vendor management solutions. The Company employs over 3,000 employees nationwide. For more information on Bartech Group please visit www.BartechGroup.com or contact Alexandra Warren, Marketing Director, at 248-593-4540.

About Aberdeen

A Harte-Hanks company, Aberdeen is a leading provider of fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having benchmarked more than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquely positioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creating demand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations turn to Aberdeen for insights that drive decisions. For additional information, visit Aberdeen at http://www.Aberdeen.com.