Contingent Workforce Advisory
Your 'No' Pile Is An Untapped Pipeline for Contingent Talent.
Enterprises shouldn't pay twice for the same talent, yet that's exactly what they do. They reject qualified candidates for permanent roles, then pay a staffing agency full markup to fill the contract version of that same job. Why not build a new contingent talent pipeline out of that 'no' pile?
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About NimblePath
NimblePath is a boutique contingent workforce advisory practice founded by Mat Nichol — a practitioner with 30 years of experience cutting through complexity and delivering solutions in large enterprises. This includes 11 years of operational expertise in extended workforce transformation, EU/UK/US legislation compliance, technology integration and supplier strategy at Merck and Amgen. NimblePath partners with leaders to unlock cost, quality and speed gains through strategic program redesign and hands-on support.
Workforce Strategy Advisory
- MSP sourcing strategy, RFP's, MSA negotiation
- Alternative strategies for hard-to-fill & specialized roles
- Performance-based SLAs and KPI frameworks to drive supplier accountability
- Bill rate models (cost plus; auctions, ceilings)
- Contingent workforce nearshoring
- Supply base rationalization to optimize delivery
- EOR selection, partnership structuring, and program scaling
VMS & Tech Strategy
- Hands-on delivery across Fieldglass, Workday, and ServiceNow VMS platforms — system integrations, process design, functionality rollouts
- Automated analytics workflows (Tableau/Alteryx) — workforce dashboards, metrics design, and data-driven decision-making
- Onboarding/offboarding automation and DocuSign integration
- Vendor contract negotiation and pricing strategy — MSA terms, SLAs, and bill rate model optimization
Compliance & Risk Advisory
- External workforce policy design and deployment at regional or global levels
- Risk assessments
- Frameworks for managing:
- I.C. categorization risk for U.S., UK (IR35) and EU countries
- EU Pay Transparency Directive
- Co-employment exposure
- SOX controls for VMS
- CA Pay Data Reporting (US)
- Restructuring SOW’s to mitigate miscategorization risk
M&A Integration
- Business process alignment across merging contingent workforce programs
- Onboarding and systems access management for combined workforces
- Contingent labor policy alignment across legal entities
- VMS platform consolidation (Fieldglass, Workday, ServiceNow)
- Data migration and reporting alignment across merged programs
- Supplier and vendor rationalization post-merger
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Pre-ID Amplifier
No new tool to add to the tech stack. No new line item to justify on the CW Program Office budget. Just a process, refined through dozens of iterations, that delivers results.
The Problem
Recruitment efforts for permanent positions at large enterprises attract thousands more candidates than there are positions available. Those same enterprises spend millions on adjacent efforts to source candidates for contingent roles; often for work nearly identical to the permanent jobs they just hired for.
The Insight
A candidate who wasn't offered a permanent position isn't a rejection; they're a warm lead for your next contingent opening. By redirecting these candidates into contingent roles, you bypass staffing agency recruitment costs and conversion fees, improve time-to-fill, and secure strong talent instead of allowing them to be scooped up by your competitors. You're recapturing the investment you've already made in acquisition and screening.
The Strategic Opportunity
Most contingent workforce conversations force a tradeoff: cost, quality, or speed - pick two. The Pre-ID Amplifier model breaks that as it doesn't squeeze an existing process harder, it simply recaptures work you've already paid for. And because recruiters work directly with hiring managers, they learn what "good" actually looks like for each one, instead of sourcing against a generic spec. Cost, quality, and speed all improve together and, as an added bonus, so does manager satisfaction.
Proven Results (based on a live enterprise pilot)
A process, not a platform, that fits any ATS/CRM/VMS combination. It sits upstream of Agency and Direct Sourcing, reaching candidates before either channel does. It comes without the usual overhead as NimblePath partners directly with your EOR, so there's no new vendor to onboard, and the cost is built into the bill rate.
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