TextRecruit raises $3 million in first funding round

TextRecruit, a provider of a text messaging platform for recruiters and others, announced last week it raised $3 million in series A funding. It was the first funding round for the San Jose, Calif.-based firm.

TextRecruit offers centralized text messaging software that allows recruiters and others to...

Investor criticizes Command Center board in letter

Ephraim Fields of Echo Lake Capital voiced dissatisfaction with Command Center Inc.’s (OTCQB: CCNI) board of direction in a letter to the industrial staffing provider Friday.

“As longstanding shareholders of Command Center Inc., we remain highly dissatisfied with the overall performance of the company’s...

‘Best Staffing Firms to Work For’ profiles now online

Winners of Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2017 Best Staffing Firms to Work For competition and the Best Staffing Firms to Temp For competition are now profiled online.

The Best Staffing Firms to Work For lists have been produced annually since 2011. Winners were first announced at Staffing Industry Analysts’...

Bay Area tech executives indicted for H-1B visa fraud (The Mercury News)

Two San Francisco Bay Area tech executives are accused of filing false visa documents through a staffing agency in a scheme to illegally bring a pool of foreign tech workers into the US, The (San Jose, Calif.) Mercury News newspaper reports. An indictment from a federal grand jury unsealed on Friday...

2017 IT Staffing Benchmarking Survey deadline is Friday

Staffing Industry Analysts launched the 2017 IT Staffing Benchmarking Survey, designed to elucidate the trends and practices that are unique to this evolving industry segment. The deadline to participate is the end of the month.

This survey will improve visibility into the US IT staffing market by gathering...

Search firm Valent Mordan names former Kenexa partner as CEO

Executive search firm Valent Mordan Inc. appointed John Valenti as the firm’s first CEO, effective March 20. Valenti is one of the founding partners of Valent Mordan and most recently served as managing partner.

Prior to Valent Mordan, Valenti spent 17 years as a partner with Kenexa Corp., a Wayne,...

College-focused job board WayUp raises $18.5 million

WayUp, a job board focused on US college students and recent grads, raised $18.5 million in a series B funding round led by Trinity ventures, the company announced Thursday. WayUp has raised $27.5 million since its founding in July 2014.

The funding will go to the expansion of WayUp’s platform...

Massachusetts staffing firm operators indicted for conspiracy, employment tax fraud, obstructing IRS

Two owners of a Massachusetts temporary employment agency were indicted for conspiring to defraud the government, failing to pay over employment taxes and obstructing internal revenue laws, the US Department of Justice announced.

Huong Le and Tien Chau allegedly cashed more than $11 million in client...

Lowest jobless rate is in New Hampshire

New Hampshire posted the lowest jobless rate among all states in February with an unemployment rate of 2.7%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Massachusetts and South Dakota followed closely at 2.8% each; Colorado and North Dakota were also low, both at 2.9%.

New Mexico posted the highest...

People: Genesys, Capital GES, RSR, TechServe and more

Genesys Talent LLC, a Houston-based firm in the talent cloud space, added three members to its advisory board: Joe Juliano, former president and CEO of IQNavigator; Bob Livonius, member of the operating executive council of New Mainstream Capital and former CEO of Medfinders, COO of Spherion, and president...