Uber leaders address concerns, confirm CEO to remain

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick will remain at the helm of the human cloud, ride-sharing firm amidst the recent storm of controversy and the company plans to make changes to address driver concerns, the company said in a call Tuesday with media. Company leaders discussed leadership and accountability, Uber’s...

Judge dismisses discrimination case against staffing firm (Law 360)

A federal judge in Alabama dismissed a discrimination complaint against a staffing firm by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, but is allowing the agency to amend the complaint, according to a report in Law 360. The lawsuit involved a staffing firm providing workers to a Pilgrim’s Pride...

ManpowerGroup laying off 150 at headquarters (Journal Sentinel)

ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN) is laying off 150 people at its headquarters in Milwaukee, the Journal Sentinel newspaper reported. A company spokesperson confirmed the layoffs but was not immediately available to answer questions about jobs being eliminated, according to the newspaper.

Highest-paid digital marketing role is CMO with salary up to $245,000

The highest-paid digital marketing executive jobs include chief marketing officer, VP of digital marketing, and Web analytics manager/market data analyst, according a report released today by Mondo, a New York-based IT and digital marketing staffing provider. Chief marketing officers had the highest...

Lack of experience is top reason for unfilled jobs, survey finds

A lack of experience is the top reason jobs go unfilled, cited by one-third of employers surveyed by Express Employment Professionals. Lack of available applicants followed.

“American businesses are hiring, or at least they want to,” said Express Employment CEO Bob Funk. “Almost two-thirds of respondents...

Lists of largest, fastest-growing staffing firms and more: Survey deadline Friday

The deadline is Friday for the annual online survey to determine the largest and fastest-growing staffing company rankings and opportunity lists. Staffing Industry Analysts compiles and publishes the lists of staffing firms each year, based on this annual survey.

Some of the lists being compiled for 2017...

Ciber to sell Infor division; delays 10-K filing

Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR) agreed to sell its Infor practice for $15.0 million, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The move follows the sale of several other divisions. Just last month, the Greenwood Village, Colo.-based IT staffing solutions provider sold its Spanish business...

Canadian staffing index falls in February, but up over year on comparable day basis

The Canadian staffing index fell 7% in February from January. The index, which measures staffing activity in Canada, fell to a reading of 93 from a reading of 100 in January.

“The February index value was down 2% compared to the same month last year,” said Timothy Landhuis, research manager at Staffing...

Lyft acquires, shuts down Q&A app startup

Human cloud firm Lyft acquired startup FinitePaths, a company that produced an app called Trail Answers that allowed users to answer and ask everyday questions from their social networks or others in the local area.

Following the acquisition, Trail Answers stopped signing up new users for the app...

New hire retention an issue, Futurestep survey finds

Nearly all of executives polled in a recent survey, 90%, reported retention of new hires is an issue in their organization, according to a survey released today by Futurestep, a division of Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY). Additionally, most executives said between 10% to 25% of new hires leave within the first...