Snagajob trying gig economy model for hourly restaurant jobs (The Post and Courier)

Snagajob is trying to bring the gig economy online platform model to the restaurant industry, The Post and Courier newspaper reports. The company tried the approach in its hometown of Richmond, Va., and now its planning to expand the concept, called Husl, to other areas. However, some questions remain...

Unemployed are optimistic but stuck, survey finds

Unemployed workers remain overwhelmingly hopeful, according to Express Employment Professionals’ fourth annual State of the Unemployed national survey released today that included workers in both Canada and the US. However, the majorities of the unemployed in both countries have not had a job interview...

Audit finds problems with Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Canada's temporary foreign workers program faces oversight problems that may have allowed lower-paid international workers to take jobs that out-of-work Canadians could fill, according to an audit released Tuesday by the Auditor General.

Overall, the report found Employment and Social Development Canada...

TaskRabbit CEO on company’s expansion and the gig economy (CBS News)

TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot discussed her company, being a female CEO in the tech industry and address concerns about the unstable nature of working in the gig economy on “CBS This Morning.” The San Francisco-based human cloud company, which allows consumers to contract out individual tasks...

Command Center revenue up 17%

Command Center Inc. (OTC: CCNI) reported first-quarter revenue rose 17.2% year over year to $22.3 million. The industrial staffing provider attributed the increase to better results from store operations generally, including increased national accounts business and almost $1.7 million in revenue contribution...

Talent acquisition pros increasingly measured on success of new hires

Talent acquisition professionals are increasingly focusing on the longer-term success of new hires instead of simply measuring the efforts of the hiring process itself, according to a survey released today by Futurestep division of Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY). While time-to-hire is the top priority metric,...

NYC ‘Freelance Isn’t Free Act’ takes effect

New York City’s “Freelance Isn’t Free Act” took effect yesterday, providing protections for freelance workers including the right to a written contract, the right to be paid timely and in full, and the right to be free of retaliation. The first year of implementation is a trial period for the...

Tribune to be acquired, CareerBuilder shareholder takes impairment charge

Tribune Media Company struck a deal to be acquired by Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. Tribune owns a 32% stake in CareerBuilder in addition to 42 television stations, WGN America and a share of Food Network. The deal comes as all CareerBuilders’ owners are exploring strategic alternatives for the jobs...

Artificial intelligence system can interview job candidates (CNNMoney)

San Francisco-based Mya Systems has developed an AI recruiter that can evaluate resumes, schedule and conduct applicant screenings, and even congratulate a person on his or her first day of work, CNNMoney reported. Applicants can chat with the systems and they will be forwarded to a human if they are...

‘Flash organizations,’ a new type of crowdsourcing? — Staffing quote of the week

“These organizations are no longer anchored in rigid, Industrial Revolution-era labor models but instead fluidly assemble and adjust, pulling from a globally networked labor force,” the Stanford News quoted Melissa Valentine, assistant professor of management science at Stanford, as saying regarding...