Command Center revenue up 19% in Q4, 5.4% for full year

Command Center Inc. (OTC: CCNI) reported fourth-quarter revenue rose 19.0% to $26.1 million and net income rose 44% to $181,000.

For full-year 2016 ended Dec. 30, revenue rose 5.4% year over year to $93.3 million.

Fourth quarter and the full-year revenue benefited from an extra week when compared to 2015...

Job openings hit seven-year high in February but hires decrease

The number of US job openings in February rose 2.1% from January to 5.74 million, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, the number of hires fell 2.0%.

The job openings rate — a measure of job openings compared with total employment —...

Box CEO: Think about the jobs AI will create, not what it'll take away — Staffing quote of the week

"I actually think we are being a little bit myopic,” Aaron Levie, co-founder and CEO of enterprise cloud company Box, said in an interview with CNBC. “It's so easy to identify the businesses or the industries or the job functions that are going to be replaced or that are better served with AI....

DoorDash will pay $5 million to settle class-action lawsuit over independent contractors (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch reports on-demand food delivery startup DoorDash has reached an agreement with workers’ rights lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan regarding a class-action lawsuit that alleged DoorDash misclassified its delivery workers as independent contractors. As part of the settlement, DoorDash will pay class...

Ciber enters bankruptcy, Capgemini to buy North American operations

IT solutions and staffing provider Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR) filed for bankruptcy protection and entered an acquisition agreement with Capgemini Group, a Paris-based IT services firm.

Greenwood Village, Colo.-based Ciber and certain US subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after entering...

Private equity recapitalizes Trace Staffing Solutions

Amzak Capital Management, a private equity family office, recapitalized Trace Staffing Solutions, a commercial staffing provider in the Southeastern US.

The recapitalization closed March 31. Terms were not disclosed.

Trace will use the new capital from Amzak to expand its presence in the Southeast and...

Canada adds 19,400 jobs in March, economy shows ‘considerable momentum’

Canada added 19,400 jobs in March from February with the gain mostly from full-time employment, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released Friday by Statistics Canada. The number of full-time jobs rose by 18,400 in March while part-time jobs rose by 1,000.

Compared to the same month a year ago,...

Employment trends index rises, suggests solid job growth will continue through spring

The Conference Board’s US Employment Trends Index rose in March to a reading of 131.43 from February’s downwardly revised reading of 131.09. The March reading, which followed a sharp increase in February, is up 4.3% from the same month a year ago.

“The Employment Trends Index continued to expand...

TaskRabbit exploring sale (ReCode)

TaskRabbit is exploring a sale after the company received inbound interest from a strategic buyer, CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot confirmed. Recode reports it contacted the company after hearing of the talks from sources, as well as TaskRabbit’s hiring of Bank of America Merrill Lynch as an adviser, which...

Search continues for employee retention silver bullet (Bloomberg BNA)

Human resources departments faced with a tightening labor market are increasingly turning their focus to employee retention and searching for solutions that aren’t just monetary, Bloomberg BNA reports. Many organizations hoping to retain top talent can’t give workers more money, so they’ve turned...