ADP reports PEO revenue rises 12%

PEO revenue rose 12% at ADP (NASD: ADP) in the company’s 2017 fiscal third quarter ended March 31. Roseland, NJ-based ADP provides other services, including paycheck processing. Total revenue rose 5% to $3.41 billion in the quarter; the increase was 6% on an organic basis.

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HomeAdvisor owner to acquire human cloud firm Angie’s List, form new firm

Human cloud firm Angie’s List (NASD: ANGI) struck a deal to be acquired by IAC (NASD: IAC); the deal calls for combining Angie’s List with IAC property HomeAdvisor, which matches homeowners with service providers, into a new, publicly traded company called ANGI Homeservices Inc. The transaction has...

Care.com revenue up 10%

Human cloud firm Care.com (NYSE: CRCM), which connects caregivers that perform work onsite for families, reported first-quarter revenue rose 10.4% to $43.4 million.

Revenue attributable to the US consumer offering rose 10% year over year to $35.2 million. Revenue attributable to the Care@Work and B2B...

American Healthcare Staffing Group acquires Thaxton Barabe

American Healthcare Staffing Group acquired Thaxton Barabe, a provider of interim healthcare executives too hospitals. 

Thaxton Barabe was founded in 2013 and is based in Portland, Ore. Its brand will remain and executives will continue with the firm under the new ownership. However, terms of the...

MSP and VMS provider names COO

New York City-based nextSource announced Bradley Pierson joined the organization as chief operating officer of the MSP/VMS provider.

Pierson most recently was the managing director for Hays Talent Solutions, and CEO of 3 Story, a division of Hays. He has also held leadership positions at several global...

April’s private-sector job gain is lowest since October, ADP reports

US private-sector employment rose by 177,000 jobs in April from March, according to the ADP national employment report. April’s gain is lower than the 255,000 gain in March and the smallest gain since the 62,000 increase last October.

March’s gain was revised downward from 263,000.

Reuters reports US companies hired the fewest workers in six months in April as they faced increasing difficulty finding qualified workers in a tightening labor market. Its survey of economists had forecast the report would show a gain of 175,000 jobs, with estimates ranging from 140,000 to 236,000....

Upwork ranks most in-demand skills for first quarter

Asana work tracking ranks as the fastest-growing, in-demand skill in the US online jobs market, the first nontech skill ever to top the list, according to the first-quarter skills index released today by Upwork. However, tech skills still comprise 60% of the list.

The list includes the top 20 hottest...

Kelly Services leader passes the baton (Staffing Industry Review)

Kelly Services’ longtime President and CEO Carl Camden announced he would step down effective May 10, and the company tapped Executive VP and COO George Corona to take on the roles. Staffing Industry Review magazine spoke with Camden and Corona about the industry, challenges and their plans for the...

TrueBlue revenue falls 12%

TrueBlue Inc. (NYSE: TBI) reported revenue fell 12.0% in its fiscal first quarter ended April 2. Revenue fell 3% when excluding Amazon, the company’s largest customer.

TrueBlue previously announced cutbacks in the scope of services it would provide Amazon.

Amazon contributed $10 million in revenue in...

Judge awards attorneys fees to Aya; AMN appeals

In a court battle between Aya Healthcare and AMN Healthcare Services Inc., a San Diego judge awarded Aya $168,967 in attorneys fees. AMN is filing an appeal in the lawsuit.

The suit was first filed in 2015 in San Diego County when AMN sued four of its former recruiters who went to join Aya. In addition,...