Canada's jobless rate falls to 6.8%, 11,000 jobs created in November (CBC News)

Canada’s jobless rate dipped in November to 6.8%, as the economy created 10,700 jobs and fewer people looked for work, Statistics Canada said today. CBC News reported that after two months of unexpectedly high job creation numbers, November’s results were more modest, but still enough to lower...

Staffing 100 nominations due Monday

Monday is the last day to nominate industry leaders for the 2017 Staffing 100 list of most influential people in the North American staffing industry.

The list of men and women is not a ranking, but a contemporary look at the most influential people in the staffing industry and the workforce ecosystem....

Temp staffing revenue holds momentum, Pulse survey finds

US temporary staffing revenue rose a median 7% year over year in October among staffing firms taking part in Staffing Industry Analysts’ monthly Pulse Survey. This is the same rate reported in September.

“Temporary staffing overall continued to hold the momentum in October, but it is still below the...

Beige Book: Labor markets tighten, staffing firms report rising wages

Labor market conditions tightened in seven districts from early October through mid-November, with modest employment growth on balance, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report released Wednesday. Staffing services demand grew at about the same pace or improved slightly since the prior...

Canadian GDP rebounds in Q3

Canada’s real gross domestic product rose 0.9% in the third quarter, following a 0.3% decline in the second quarter, Statistics Canada reported. Expressed at an annualized rate, real GDP rose 3.5% in the third quarter; in comparison, real GDP in the US rose at an annualized rate of 3.2% in the third...

ISM manufacturing index expands in November

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in November at a faster pace than October, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index for US manufacturing released today. November’s index reading was 53.2, up from October’s reading of 51.9%. Readings above...

Jobless claims average edges down, initial claims jump to highest level since June

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance edged up to 251,500 last week, up 500 from the previous week’s unrevised average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor.

The four-week moving average decreases the volatility...

Some tech firms welcome Trump’s H-1B reforms (Computerworld)

IT services firms that hire US workers and don’t offshore work are looking forward to President-elect Donald Trump's crackdown on H-1B visa use, Computerworld reported. The three IT services firms contacted for the story all said business is good and growing, thanks to expanding business digitization...

Virginia staffing company files for bankruptcy protection (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Virginia staffing company files for bankruptcy protection (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Excel Staffing Services Inc. in Richmond, Va., filed a bankruptcy petition Monday with the US Bankruptcy Court, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. The staffing agency, also known as Excel Management Services Inc., listed...

What I want to be when I grow up … (CWS 3.0)

Anyone working in the contingent labor industry — whether on the provider side or the buyer side — probably never aspired to do this work as a child, yet here we are today. Dawn McCartney, director of contingent workforce strategies and research for Staffing Industry Analysts, discusses how to educate...