Startup’s employment experiment finds millennials are undecided on careers (Business Insider)

Business Insider reports plans for Jolt — a career development startup that provided employees with two-year “chapterships” to build skills for their dream jobs — didn’t work out as originally intended because its millennial workforce didn’t know what they wanted to do next.

Adecco acquisition yields platform for US life sciences presence

The Adecco Group, the world’s largest staffing firm, acquired BioBridges, a Boston-based firm providing integrated clinical development services, including personnel, to the life sciences sector. The transaction strengthens the Adecco Group’s professional solutions footprint and establishes a US...

GigE conference: How traditional staffing firms can compete with online human cloud platforms

Gig economy online human cloud platforms are still small — only one half of 1% of Americans cite an app-based platform as their primary job. However, they are growing and do represent a threat to staffing firms.

That was the message today in a keynote presentation by Stanford University Business Professor...

Jobless claims average hits highest level since August 2016, but initial claims unexpectedly settle

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance was 263,250 last week, up 13,000 from the previous week’s unrevised average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor. This is the highest level for this average since Aug. 13,...

Workers confident in leadership, Robert Half survey finds

Most professionals are confident in their company leaders’ stewardship, according to survey results released today by Robert Half Management Resources, a division of Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI).

Approximately eight in 10 professionals polled feel at least somewhat confident in the ability...

TaskRabbit CEO discusses range of issues in Q&A (Forbes)

TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot discusses a wide range of issues, including the secret to hiring great people, in a Q&A with Forbes. “Hire people who can fill white space,” she said. “Give them the room to grow and make mistakes and learn. Most mistakes aren’t company-killing, but the...

Staffing provider sees slow growth in mining jobs (Elko Daily Free Press)

GeoTemps Inc. — a company focused on staffing for mines, exploration companies and mining-related contractors — notes a slow uptick in the sector, Nevada’s Elko Daily Free Press reports. The company also expects slow, continuous growth over the next couple of years.

GigE conference: Gig economy finally getting its due, but jury still out on inflection point

While much of the $3.5 trillion global gig economy may have operated outside of popular culture in the past, it’s finally getting its due, Staffing Industry Analysts President Barry Asin said in a keynote today at the opening of the Collaboration in the Gig Economy conference in Dallas.

Case in point:...

Private equity firm completes CDI acquisition

AE Industrial Partners LLC — a private equity investor specializing in aerospace, power generation, and specialty industrial companies — completed its acquisition of CDI Corp. (NYSE: CDI), a Philadelphia-based provider of IT and engineering staffing.

The deal was first announced in July and called...

ManpowerGroup survey finds 16% of employers in Mexico to increase staff

A survey by ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN) found 16% of employers in Mexico forecast an increase in staffing levels in the upcoming quarter. Three percent anticipate a decrease and 79% expect no change, yielding a net employment outlook of 13% on a seasonally adjusted basis.

The forecast indicates hiring...