Manpower North America exec discusses job skills revolution (Milwaukee Business News)

According to Michael Stull, senior VP for Manpower North America, assisting job seekers in becoming more employable, developing relevant skills and building careers while connecting businesses with the best-matched talent has never been more important, Milwaukee Business News reports. “Companies have...

Facebook vulnerable to expected changes in H-1B visa program (Reuters)

Among Silicon Valley’s top tech employers, Facebook Inc. could be the most vulnerable to US President Donald Trump’s expected crackdown on guest-worker visas, according to a Reuters analysis of US Labor Department filings. More than 15% of Facebook’s US employees in 2016 used a temporary work visa,...

US temp jobs rise by 14,800, overall job growth exceeds forecast

Temporary help jobs rose by 14,800 in January from December, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The year-over-year growth rate jumped to 3.26% in January from 1.23% in December.

January’s job numbers reflect the annual revisions the BLS makes...

Data scientist tops CareerCast list of in-demand jobs

Data scientist is the toughest job to fill this year, according to new CareerCast report on in-demand jobs for 2017.

The challenge hiring managers face for many of the most in-demand professions is finding applicants with the necessary skills, according to the report. Because data scientist is a relatively...

Uber CEO quits Trump’s advisory council (Los Angeles Times)

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick quit a panel advising President Trump on economic issues, according to a memo sent to staff Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Kalanick faced mounting pressure from employees and customers to leave the council, especially after Trump signed an executive order Friday barring...

More Colorado businesses dropping pot from pre-employment drug tests (The Denver Post)

Marijuana testing by Colorado businesses has slowly declined over the past two years as 7% dropped the drug from pre-employment tests while 3% removed it from all drug tests, The Denver Post reports. “It’s because we have low unemployment,” said Curtis Graves, an attorney with the Mountain States...

US nonmanufacturing economic index steady in January, employment accelerates

Economic activity in the US nonmanufacturing sector began 2017 at a slightly slower — but still strong — growth pace, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s non-manufacturing index released today.

ISM’s non-manufacturing index edged down in January to a reading of 56.5 from December’s...

People: Advanced Resources, Catapult Staffing, Russell Tobin and more

Advanced Resources, a Chicago staffing agency, named Patty Bogosh as director of corporate development to oversee the firm’s nationwide expansion. Bogosh previously served as managing director of the Chicago office. She was recently recognized in Staffing Industry Analysts’ inaugural Millennials...

Kelly’s Q4 revenue falls 10%, but decline is 4% adjusting for APAC deal

Kelly Services Inc. (NASD: KELYA) revenue fell 10.1% in constant currency in the fourth quarter and was down 10.8% as reported. In Kelly’s US operations, revenue fell 4.2%.

Revenue comparisons were unfavorably affected by both an additional week of revenue in fourth quarter 2015 and the transfer of...

MSP and RPO provider Pontoon names COO, realigns operations

Pontoon, the global HR outsourcing brand for Adecco Group, announced a new COO and other executive changes as well as a realignment of its global operations model around the concepts of “global” and “total talent,” breaking away from operating silos of “MSP” and “RPO.”

As part of the new...