TeamHealth completes sale, settles false claims allegations for $60 million

Team Health Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TMH), a clinical outsourcing provider in healthcare, on Feb. 6 completed its sale to funds affiliated with global asset manager Blackstone and certain co-investors, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The transaction is valued at approximately...

Job openings essentially flat in December

The number of US job openings in December was essentially flat from November, down only 0.1% to 5.5 million, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, the number of hires edged up 0.8% from November.

The job openings rate — a measure of job...

HireAlliance names COO

HireAlliance, a New Hampshire-based search firm serving the staffing and talent acquisition industry, announced Jenny Smith returned to the firm as chief operating officer. HireAlliance added the COO role in anticipation of Managing Partners Dave Camell and Jay Brunetti stepping into enterprise business...

Randstad Technologies lists top trends in IT workforce

Randstad Technologies shared insight on trends in the IT workforce, based on its experience with mid-market and large enterprises.

According to Randstad Technologies, the IT workforce will change in 2017 based on seven distinct trends:

1. The whole package: IT talent must have cybersecurity skills. The...

India’s workers seeking America’s “open culture” — Staffing quote of the week

“America is an open culture in every sense,” Nikhil Shravage, a 27-year-old systems engineer in the Indian industrial city of Pune, told the Los Angeles Times in a story on what President Trump’s push to limit overseas workers means for India’s army of high-tech migrant labor. “The pay is better...

Smart pills, robots to take over workplace in 2017 (The Wall Street Journal)

What do smart pills and robots have in common? They are likely to disrupt the workplace in 2017. Faith Popcorn, CEO of futurist marketing consulting company BrainReserve, joins The Wall Street Journal’s Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero to discuss trends most likely to influence society this year.

Ciber to sell business in Germany and Denmark

IT solutions and staffing provider Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR) agreed to sell its business in Germany and Denmark to Allgeier SE, a Munich-based IT staffing and software firm.

According to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the firms signed a purchase agreement for the sale of all of...

Private equity firm acquires healthcare VMS provider AHSA

BelHealth Investment Partners LLC, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, acquired American HealthCare Staffing Association LLC, a hospital VMS provider.

The transaction closed Jan. 31; terms were not disclosed.

AHSA, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Traverse City, Mich., provides 200 member facilities...

Aya Healthcare files antitrust litigation against AMN

Two large healthcare staffing firms appear set for a new court fight. Aya Healthcare accused AMN Healthcare (NYSE: AMN) of attempted monopolization and restraint of trade in a lawsuit filed last Thursday in federal court.

In its complaint, Aya argues AMN uses uncompetitive practices to restrict the available...

Employment trends index edges up, suggests job growth could accelerate

The Conference Board’s US Employment Trends Index edged up in January to a reading of 130.04 from December’s upwardly revised reading of 129.73. The January reading, which followed a slight decrease in December, is up 2.4% from the same month a year ago.

“The continued growth in the Employment Trends...