2017 Workforce Solutions Manager Survey deadline is Friday

Staffing Industry Analysts launched its ninth annual 2017 Workforce Solutions Manager Survey, designed to provide unique insights on trends in contingent workforce management and workforce solutions management. The deadline to participate is Friday.

The survey provides unique insights on trends in contingent...

CareerBuilder owners selling to investor group

An investor group led by Apollo Global Management LLC, along with the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority of the outstanding equity interests in job board operator CareerBuilder LLC, the companies announced today. CareerBuilder’s current...

Randstad Sourceright adds four execs to global leadership team

MSP and RPO services provider Randstad Sourceright named four execs to leadership roles in Europe and Asia Pacific.

Anthea Collier has been named managing director, APAC, and joins Randstad Sourceright’s global executive leadership team. Collier has more than 20 years of experience in the industry across...

Wisconsin firm acquires technology staffing provider

Southeastern Wisconsin staffing agency Nissen Staffing Continuum Inc. announced today that it acquired TechRecruiters.

The acquisition expands Nissen Staffing Continuum’s available talent pool. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

TechRecruiters will operate as a new division of NSC, providing...

PeopleScout adds two new roles to executive leadership team

PeopleScout, a division of TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) that provides MSP and RPO services, added two new roles to its executive leadership team. The first, David Ludolph, was promoted to executive leader of client delivery to lead PeopleScout’s client delivery team. Ludolph will report to PeopleScout President...

Amended lawsuit claims Philadelphia wage equity law harms firms, including staffing providers (CBS Philly)

The Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce last week filed an amended lawsuit against a city law that would bar employers from asking for a job applicant’s wage history, CBS Philly reports. Judge Mitchell Goldberg tossed out a chamber suit against the law last month, saying it didn’t have standing to sue...

Uber independent contractor ruling could have wider impact (Crain’s New York Business)

A judge’s ruling last week that Uber should have classified three former drivers as employees instead of independent contractors could have a wider impact on employers, Crain’s New York Business reported. “This has to be making these other companies nervous," David Weisenfeld, a professor...

SThree gross profit rises 4% in Q2 with biggest increase in US

SThree plc, a specialist recruitment firm that ranks among the largest global recruitment firms, reported gross profit rose 4% on a constant currency basis in the second quarter of its fiscal year ended May 31. The company’s US-based operations posted the biggest increase in gross profit, up 20% in...

Private equity buys $360 million stake in Tata Technologies; outsourcing expands from staff augmentation

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus is investing around $360 million for an approximately 43% stake in IT services firm Tata Technologies Ltd. The move comes as the outsourcing market has expanded from staff augmentation to more strategic work, according to Tata Technologies CEO and MD Warren Harris.

“As...

Americans divided on AI’s impact, ASA survey finds

Automation in the workplace is a polarizing issue for Americans, according to the results of an American Staffing Association Workforce Monitor survey.

Thirty-four percent of survey respondents said automation will be a positive development for the workforce in the next 10 years or more, not far off from...