Leadership lessons from the White House — Executive Forum

What are the key leadership lessons from the White House? Presidential historian and Pulitzer-prize winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin spoke today at the Staffing Industry Executive Forum North America about 10 key leadership traits of past presidents in a morning keynote presentation.

Goodwin concentrated...

Report finds North American recruiting firms optimistic, two-thirds to add staff in 2017

2017 looks like a banner year for the staffing industry in comparison to last year, according to Bullhorn Inc.’s 2017 North American Staffing & Recruiting Trends Report: Above and Beyond Business as Usual. Bullhorn, a Boston-based staffing software provider, based the report on a survey of agency...

ManpowerGroup to acquire Ciber Spain

ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) agreed to purchase the Spanish business of IT solutions and staffing provider Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR). It is the most recent of several sales of Ciber’s European assets.

According to a Ciber Inc. filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Ciber Inc. subsidiary Consultant...

Staffing firm settles EEOC discrimination suit for $24,500

United Staffing Associates LLC, a Visalia, Calif.-based staffing agency, will pay $24,500 to settle a charge of retaliatory discrimination filed with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced. With the settlement, United Staffing Associates avoided litigation without admitting...

Study finds hourly workforce is powerful sector of the US economy

The American hourly workforce is a much larger and more powerful sector of the US economy than most people realize, according to research released today by LinkedIn and Job board Snagajob. The Workforce Trends Survey found there are currently 78 million hourly workers in the US comprising 59% of the...

Trade groups push congress to reverse NLRB joint-employer ruling (The Hill)

More than 50 business and trade groups asked Congress to pass legislation to repeal the National Labor Relations Board’s new joint employer standard, The Hill reports. In August 2015, the NLRB ruled that “indirect” and “potential” control over workers’ terms and conditions makes a company...

How workforces can prepare for software stealing our jobs (TechCrunch)

The pace of technological change has been greater in the past few decades than we have seen in all of human history, TechCrunch reports. We are now living in a period of exponential growth. These technologies are beneficial in the long term, but they often come with a short-term displacement of jobs,...

Staffing technology, gig economy, Trump’s impact and more — Executive Forum

Changing technology, the gig economy, MSPs and President Donald Trump’s affect on the staffing industry were among the topics discussed during the opening keynote and panel today at the Staffing Industry Executive Forum North America in San Diego.

Still, there’s no better time to be in staffing, said...

Randstad Q4 revenue up 7% on strong growth in Europe

Fourth-quarter revenue at Randstad Holding NV rose 7% on an organic basis, which excludes the impact of currency, acquisitions and divestitures and adjusts for working days. European markets fueled the growth, with revenue up 10% each in France and Germany and strong results from other European countries....

GEE Group reports revenue rises 19% in fiscal Q1

GEE Group Inc. (NYSE MKT: JOB) reported net revenue rose 19.2% to $21.0 million in its fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 31.

Gross margin at the Naperville, Ill.-based staffing provider narrowed to 25.9% from 30.0% in the year-ago quarter. The change in the overall gross margin was primarily due an overall...