We have released the seventh annual research project conducted by Monash University, the IPro Index 2015. The world of work is a changing global phenomenon with an ongoing fundamental shift in the global market towards assignment and project based work.

There are many factors that are contributing to this shift. These factors are not challenges but opportunities for organisations to improve upon productivity and profitability. Each year we hear from many global experts that have provided us with extensive research focusing on workforce trends. These reports capture insights from top level industry leaders of large global organisations. Recently Deloitte released their annual Human Capital Trends report, which highlights the role of the contingent workforce saying, 70% of Executives and HR leaders ranked the contingent workforce as important to very important.

The 2015 Manpower Contingent Workforce Index reports that Australia has one of the largest most educated local contingent workforces around the world. It is this growing contingent workforce that we need to understand, integrate and leverage a competitive advantage. The IPro Index is a landmark research study conducted by Monash University in partnership with Entity Solutions, the index measures key areas around attitudes, drives and challenges facing white collar contractors (Independent Professionals/IPros). The IPro Index for 2015 was sent out to over 10,000 IPros across Australia. The data was gathered at the end of 2015 via an online questionnaire.

Since its launch in 2009, the research was aim at helping corporate Australia to gain a better understanding of contracting experiences, issues and wellbeing from an IPro’s perspective. More recently, we’ve started to receive global attention as organisations in the UK and Europe are replicating our study and research methodologies – demonstrating that there is a widespread and global desire to better understand this powerful and burgeoning sector of the workforce. Making the most of the contingent workforce starts with insight.

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