Robots won’t be stealing your jobs just yet, tech execs say (CNBC)

CNBC reports the election revealed the country’s extreme anxiety over the future of jobs, but fears about robots and automation are overblown, technology executives said Tuesday at Code Enterprise, a conference in San Francisco about the future of work. Bots are overhyped and not always that intelligent,...

Command Center Q3 revenue rises 6% despite 31% decline in North Dakota

Command Center Inc. (OTC: CCNI) reported third-quarter revenue rose 6.4% year over year to $26.4 million, attributable to increased revenue from branches outside North Dakota and from the operations of Hancock Staffing offices purchased in June.

Revenue from branches outside North Dakota, and excluding...

EmployBridge appoints SeatonCorp co-founder to board

Employbridge Holding Company appointed industry leader Michael Miles to its board of directors. Miles is the founder of SeatonCorp, The Operand Group and INCubatoredu.

Miles is included in the 2014 Staffing 100 list of the most influential people in the industry, and received the Peter Yessne Staffing...

Age discrimination a career challenge for 34%, survey finds

Age discrimination in hiring practices remains an issue in some countries despite an increased awareness globally and with many markets moving toward better protections, according to a global study conducted by ManpowerGroup Solutions, part of ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN). The survey found a significant...

Labor Ready Northeast settles EEOC lawsuit

Labor Ready Northeast Inc. settled a race and sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency announced. US Magistrate Judge Cynthia Reed Eddy entered a consent decree on Nov. 9 settling the case for $72,500 and injunctive relief.

Labor Ready is...

BlackBerry CEO: Ending H-1B would ‘really hurt’ — Staffing quote of the week

“I think it’s impractical to end H-1B, I think it would really hurt the country in a very profound way,” Cantech Letter quoted BlackBerry CEO John Chen as saying when questioned about President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to end the H-1B immigration plan. “Ending H-1B would really hurt literally...

The number of workers joining the gig economy has slowed dramatically, says study (CNBC)

CNBC reports growth in the number of workers joining the gig economy has slowed and wages for these jobs have declined in the last two years, according to a new study from the JPMorgan Chase Institute. Slowing growth is happening both at companies that let people sell or lease assets — like eBay and...

Forecasters lower GDP estimates for next three years, but revise up jobs

Forecasters lowered their estimate slightly for US economic growth in the new fourth-quarter survey of professional forecasters released today by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. However, on the employment front, estimates for job gains in 2016 and 2017 were revised upward.

US gross domestic...

VisionIT divests MSP operations

VisionIT today announced the divestment of its Prime Workforce Solutions managed service provider solution. In addition, the company said it was focusing on its VisionPRO IT and professional staffing division and its VisionIT custom software development division.

The company notified impacted customers...

Vancouver is Canada’s fastest-growing metro economy

Vancouver will post the fastest-growing metropolitan economy this year and next among the 13 census metropolitan areas covered by The Conference Board of Canada’s Metropolitan Outlook: Autumn 2016. Toronto, Halifax, Winnipeg, and Victoria round out the top five spots, with all on track to post economic...