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LandrumHR, a Pensacola, Fla.-based PEO and staffing firm, named Mandy Sacco as VP of staffing and a member of the firm’s senior leadership team. Sacco joined LandrumHR from ManpowerGroup Inc. in 2007 as an HR specialist and since 2015 served as regional director of staffing.

Harvey Nash Inc., the US...

Walmart jumping on gig economy bandwagon? (Inc.)

Walmart is enlisting its employees to create an on-demand network of drivers, Inc. reports. The Walmart employees who sign up for the company's new associate delivery program will use a smartphone app to sign up and make up to 10 deliveries a day on their way home from work. Dubbed “associate delivery,”...

New York drivers say Uber still owes them millions (Fortune)

New York drivers for human cloud firm Uber claim that the human cloud firm still owes them millions of dollars despite a significant reimbursement that was granted to them last week for years of miscalculated commission fees on rides, Fortune reports. A number of the drivers are not settling for Uber’s...

Temp staffing keeps momentum, median revenue up 6%

US temporary staffing revenue rose a median 6% year over year in April among staffing firms taking part in Staffing Industry Analysts’ monthly Pulse Survey, the same rate as reported in March.

“In April, temporary staffing overall continued to hold the momentum with a median 6% year-over-year revenue...

US adds 253,000 private sector jobs, ‘rip roaring’ job growth, ADP reports

US private-sector employment rose by 253,000 jobs in May from April, according to the ADP national employment report. May’s gain far exceeded the 174,000 gain in April, which was revised downward from 177,000.

Reuters reported US companies in May hired more workers than anticipated by a wide margin...

Beige Book says talent supply keeps getting smaller

The pool of available talent continued to shrink from early April through late May with most districts citing shortages across a broadening range of occupations and regions, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report released Wednesday. The Beige Book, a collection of observations from the...

US manufacturing activity expands at faster rate in May than April

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in May at a slightly faster past than April, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index for US manufacturing, released today. May’s index reading was 54.9, up from April’s reading of 54.8.

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Uber reports net loss narrows to $708 million in Q1 (Reuters)

Human cloud ride-sharing firm Uber said its net loss, excluding employee stock compensation and other items, narrowed to $708 million in the first quarter from $991 million in the fourth quarter, Reuters reported. Reuters reports Uber also announced its head of finance, Gautam Gupta, is leaving the human...

Jobseeker satisfaction? Don’t forget temps (Staffing Industry Review)

Organizations dedicate significant resources to address jobseeker satisfaction for direct hires, Chris Benson wrote in Staffing Industry Review’s Online Showcase. However, very few transfer this strategic initiative over to their contingent programs. Benson is senior VP, strategic account portfolio,...

World --Global staffing revenue hits $428 billion in 2016

The staffing industry generated $428 billion in revenue worldwide in 2016, according to the “Global Staffing Industry Market Estimates and Forecast: May 2017 Update” released by Staffing Industry Analysts. Three countries — the US, Japan and the UK — made up a majority of the revenue.

Temporary...