Express franchisee says opioid crisis affecting job market (NPR)

NPR reported the opioid crisis is looming over the job market, worrying employers and economists. Employers tell Nate Miller, the owner of an Express Employment Professionals’ office in Muncie, Ind., said they could build and sell more if they could hire and keep more workers, but his staffing business...

Texas on-demand firm Favor gets $22 million in funding round (TechCrunch)

Human cloud, on-demand delivery firm Favor closed a $22 million Series B financing round led by existing investor S3 Ventures, TechCrunch reported. The firm operates only in Texas, and it plans to expand to more markets in Texas with the funding.

Kelly Services acquires Minnesota-based teacher staffing firm

Kelly Services Inc. (NASD: KELYA) acquired Teachers On Call, the sixth-largest education staffing firm in the US, expanding its position in the K-12 market.

The transaction closed Sept. 5 and terms were not disclosed. Teachers On Call will operate under its own brand with its current staff, but President...

Lee Hecht Harrison acquires Iowa career consulting firm

Lee Hecht Harrison, Adecco Group’s outplacement business, acquired Des Moines, Iowa-based Career Resources Group and will integrate it into its Midwest region.

Founded in 1994, Career Resources Group serves all of Iowa with offices in West Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. Both of its owners — Dick Reasons...

Options Group expands in eCommerce and fintech space with acquisition of London firm

Options Group, a US-based executive search firm serving the financial services industry, acquired London-based MCL Search Ltd., an electronic markets executive search firm.

The transaction provides Options Group with new search capabilities in the eCommerce and fintech space.

MCL Search specializes in...

Yoh’s US worker confidence index falls to 12-month low

Worker confidence in the second quarter fell in the US to a 12-month low, staffing provider Yoh and HRO Today magazine reported today in their quarterly Worker Confidence index. The index fell to a level of 99.7 from a reading of 107.6 in the first quarter.

Yoh’s index measures workers’ perceptions...

US nonmanufacturing activity index accelerates in August but hurricane could sap some strength

Economic activity in the US nonmanufacturing sector expanded in August at a faster rate than in July, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s nonmanufacturing index, released today. ISM’s nonmanufacturing index rose in August to a reading of 55.3 from July’s reading of 53.9, which was...

The gig economy: The new world of work (The Staffing Stream)

Kersten Buck, senior director, global strategic solutions at Staffing Industry Analysts, discusses the gig economy and why it is important in a new The Staffing Stream blog post. Next week is Staffing Industry Analysts’ second conference dedicated to the concept.

What does the DACA decision mean for employers? (The National Law Review)

Effective yesterday, US Citizenship and Immigration Services will no longer accept new or initial applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, benefits, through which approximately 800,000 beneficiaries have qualified for employment authorization in the US. The National Law Review reports...

Hospitality Staffing Solutions names former SNI Companies exec as CFO

Hospitality Staffing Solutions LLC, a staffing provider for the hospitality industry, appointed Vincent Lombardo as CFO effective immediately.

Since 2011, Lombardo has served as CFO of two staffing companies: SNI Companies, which GEE Group Inc. (NYSE MKT: JOB) acquired earlier this year for...