Yoh acquires RPO firm DreamJobs

Yoh acquired DreamJobs, a recruitment solutions firm based in Toledo, Ohio. The acquisition expands Yoh's recruitment process outsourcing capabilities and addresses demand from businesses for skilled professionals.

The transaction closed Saturday; terms were not disclosed.

DreamJobs will transition into...

Cejka Executive Search appoints managing principal

Cejka Executive Search, the healthcare executive and physician search division of Cross Country Healthcare Inc. (NASD: CCRN), announced Mary D’Ignazio joined the firm as executive VP and managing principal, effective Sept. 19.

D’Ignazio most recently was managing director for Diversified Search, a...

Physicians split on Trump’s HHS nominee

Physicians appear to be divided regarding President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Dr. Tom Price, MD, for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a survey by Merritt Hawkins, the physician search division of AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AHS).

“Many physicians...

North America lagging in salary increases, Korn Ferry forecast finds

Adjusted for inflation, workers around the world are expected to see real wage increases of 2.3%, down slightly from last year’s prediction of 2.7%, according to the Korn Ferry Hay Group 2017 Salary Forecast released today.

“Although not as high as last year when we saw a three-year high, there are...

Contractors voice dismay at TaskRabbit’s service fee increase — Staffing quote of the week

“I’m going to raise the hell out of my rates so that I can make close to what I was making before,” Fast Company quoted a TaskRabbit handyman as saying in a story about the San Francisco-based human cloud company recently doubling the cut it takes from many of its workers. “For us to get this...

VW is the latest carmaker to jump into Uber’s mobility business (Forbes)

Forbes reports Volkswagen is moving into the evolving mobility services business with the creation of Moia, a Berlin-based company that will provide a range of ride services in urban markets, with an eye to becoming one of the world’s largest such service providers by 2025. The announcement follows...

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Allegis Group acquires Switzerland-based firm

Allegis Group acquired Switzerland-based The Stamford Group, a staffing, recruiting and services organization targeting the IT, engineering, banking and life science sectors.

The transaction closed Dec. 1; terms were not disclosed.

The Stamford Group, founded in 2001, operates two brands. Stamford Consultants...

Uber buys artificial intelligence company

Uber acquired artificial intelligence research startup Geometric Intelligence and announced the 15-member team from Geometric Intelligence will form the core of its new Uber AI Labs division focused on research in artificial intelligence and machine learning, according to a blog post.

The team will include...

Slow pace of economic growth may be ‘new normal’

Economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics expect broad economic growth through 2017, the association announced today. The forecaster’s median forecast in the new survey is for inflation-adjusted US real gross domestic product to grow at an annualized rate of 1.6% in 2016...