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Human cloud firms Uber and Lyft respond to presidential immigration order
January 30, 2017Human cloud firms Uber and Lyft responded to the immigration order by President Donald Trump. Lyft co-founder John Zimmer and Logan Green wrote in a blog post Sunday they are donating $1 million over the next four years to the ACLU to defend the constitution.
“This weekend, Trump closed the country's...
Hiring plans hold steady, NABE survey finds
January 30, 2017The National Association for Business Economics’ October 2016 business conditions survey indicates employment conditions moderated in the fourth quarter as 61% of respondents indicated hiring at their firms was unchanged in the fourth quarter of 2016. Expectations for employment in the next three months...
Automotive parts manufacturing jobs in US up nearly 19%
January 30, 2017Automotive parts manufacturing jobs in the US have risen nearly 19% since 2012, according to a study released today by the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association.
More than 871,000 Americans were directly employed by the automotive parts manufacturing industry in 2015, up from 734,000 in 2012,...
Trump may next overhaul work-visa programs (Bloomberg)
January 30, 2017President Donald Trump’s administration has drafted an executive order aimed at overhauling the work-visa programs technology companies depend on to hire tens of thousands of employees each year, Bloomberg reports. If implemented, the reforms could shift the way American companies like Microsoft...
Why job creation as we know it is over (Fortune)
January 30, 2017For the past five decades, from after World War II until the turn of the millennium, the US relied on companies to create jobs and grow the economy, Tupperware CEO writes in a Fortune commentary piece. However, the days when job growth outpaced population growth are over. Government data show that during...
Robert Half’s Q4 revenue down 1% on same-billing day, constant-currency basis
January 27, 2017Professional staffing firm Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI) reported revenue fell 3.0% in the fourth quarter and was down 1.0% on a same-billing day, constant-currency basis. US temporary staffing and consulting revenue fell 4.9%.
The Menlo Park, Calif.-based firm has 325 staffing locations...
GDP growth slows in new Q4 estimate
January 27, 2017US real gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 1.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the “advance” estimate of GDP growth released today by the US Commerce Department.
In the third quarter, real GDP increased 3.5%.
The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey called for a 2.2% advance in...
The Cheyenne Group combines with London-based firm
January 27, 2017The Cheyenne Group, an executive search firm headquartered in New York City, announced its merger with SRi, an international executive search and consulting firm based out of London.
The merger of SRi and The Cheyenne Group was completed in early January; terms were not announced. SRiCheyenne is the name...
Equal pay for temps in Illinois bill
January 27, 2017Illinois Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, on Wednesday introduced legislation that provides protections and benefits to temp workers. HB 690, referred to as the, “Responsible Job Creation Act,” includes 30 provisions to toughen staffing industry regulation under the existing Day Labor Services Act.
The...
People: FrankCrum, Chartwell, StevenDouglas, The Goal, APC and more
January 27, 2017FrankCrum, headquartered in Clearwater, Fla., announced Haley Crum Blanton earned her Juris Doctor degree from Stetson University College of Law and now serves as in-house counsel, in addition to her responsibilities as executive VP of national PEO FrankCrum and president of FrankCrum Staffing.
Chartwell...