Volt revenue falls 4% in fiscal Q1

Volt Information Sciences Inc. (NYSE MKT: VISI) reported net revenue fell 4.3% in its fiscal first quarter ended Jan. 29.

The New York-based IT and engineering staffing and MSP provider reported net loss narrowed to $4.6 million; the quarter included $624,000 in restructuring and severance costs.

Impellam revenue up 20% in full-year 2016

Staffing and workforce solutions provider Impellam Group plc reported revenue rose 20.4% in full-year 2016. UK-based Impellam reported the acquisitions ofa US-based MSP and staffing provider Bartech Group (December 2015) and Global Medics (July 2015) boosted the company’s transition...

Buffkin / Baker acquires entertainment search firm in Nashville

Buffkin / Baker, a retained search firm headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., acquired MusicRowSearch, an executive search firm targeting the entertainment industry. The deal, which closed Tuesday, expands Buffkin / Baker’s service lines and leverage future growth. Terms of the transaction were not announced....

Jobless claims average rises, initial claims jump 20,000 from 44-year low

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 236,500 last week, up 2,250 from the previous week’s unrevised average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor.

The four-week moving average decreases the volatility of...

Canada to make skilled-worker permits easier to get (The Globe and Mail)

As the US border tightens, Canada’s federal government is launching a new stream of its temporary foreign worker program to entice highly skilled workers to come to Canada, The Globe and Mail reports. The program’s new “Global Talent” pilot stream was announced Thursday morning in Toronto by...

FedEx succeeds on appeal of NLRB misclassification ruling (JD Supra Business Advisor)

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on March 3 issued a decision in favor of FedEx, denying enforcement of a decision by the National Labor Relations Board, which had held that single-route Ground Division drivers for FedEx were employees and not independent contractors, Richard Reibstein of Pepper...

HealthcareSource to acquire Centricity Contingent Staffing software platform

HealthcareSource struck a deal with GE Healthcare to acquire Centricity Contingent Staffing — a provider of software to healthcare staffing firms that was formerly API Healthcare’s Clearview Staffing Software.

Centricity Contingent Staffing software’s functionality ranges from onboarding and competency...

Barrett’s revenue rises 14% in Q4, PEO revenue up 15%

Barrett Business Services Inc. (NASD: BBSI) reported revenue rose 14.1% in the fourth quarter. Net professional employer organization revenue rose 14.9%.

While client build remained strong with 185 net new clients added, same-customer sales were affected by severe weather in some markets, with some clients...

PageGroup 2016 revenue up 3.6% in constant currency

International specialist recruitment firm PageGroup plc reported full-year 2016 revenue rose 3.6% in constant currency at prior-year rates. The increase as reported was 12.3%.

US adds 298,000 private sector jobs, exceeds forecast, ADP reports

US private-sector employment rose by 298,000 jobs in February ffrom January, according to the ADP national employment report. This is an increase from 261,000 jobs added in January.

January’s increase was revised upward from 246,000.

Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast the report would show a...