Trucept CEO retiring

Trucept Inc. (OTC Pink: TREP), a professional employer organization that also provides healthcare staffing, announced CEO Brian Bonar is retiring. The company plans immediately to search for his replacement by Dec. 31.

Bonar has served as chairman and CEO since June 2011, according to his LinkedIn profile....

ASA elects new board directors

The American Staffing Association elected members of its 2017 board of directors during the organization’s Staffing World 2016 show last month in San Diego. Representatives from independent firms and national companies serve on the board.

The board elected officers:

• Chairman: Susan Dietrich, AllTek...

Facebook threatens LinkedIn with job opening features (TechCrunch)

Facebook might muscle-in on LinkedIn’s recruiting business with ways for business Pages to promote job listings, TechCrunch reports. The new Jobs features could give companies another reason to drive traffic to their Facebook Page beyond marketing their products in the News Feed, while also allowing...

GM to lay off 2,000, including 300-plus temps (The Detroit News)

General Motors Co. said Wednesday it will permanently lay off some 2,000 hourly workers in January at two car plants to cut bloated inventory, the same day it announced more than $900 million in investment at three plants for future products, The Detroit News reports. The layoff figure includes more...

Adecco global revenue up 3% organically but North America revenue edges down

Adecco, the world’s largest staffing firm, reported revenue rose 3% on an organic basis, which excludes the impact of currencies, acquisitions and divestitures. When also adjusting for the number of business days in the quarter, revenue rose 3.5%.

Permanent placement revenue rose 5% on an organic basis....

Private equity firm acquires Bond International Software

Private equity firm Symphony Technology Group acquired Bond International Software, a staffing and recruitment software provider, effective Nov. 4.

Bond International Software plc reported it sold its recruitment software subsidiaries for the cash consideration of £24.1 million. The company also sold...

Advanced acquires Staffing Robot

Advanced, a travel therapy and nursing provider, announced it has acquired Staffing Robot, a Portland, Ore.-based design, development and marketing firm.

The acquisition will increase Advanced’s ability to effectively market jobs and services to travel nurses and therapists, while accelerating growth...

Ciber Q3 revenue falls, exploring strategic alternatives

IT solutions and staffing provider Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR) announced revenue fell 24% on a constant currency basis in the third quarter, with revenue in its international segment falling 42% in constant currency.

The Greenwood Village, Colo.-based company in September agreed to sell its business in Sweden...

Election day; Healthcare Staffing Summit gets underway

It’s Election Day, and Staffing Industry Analysts’ Healthcare Staffing Summit is also getting underway in Washington DC.

The conference will include keynote panel Wednesday on the election; titled “The Morning After: What the 2016 Election Means for Healthcare.” Staffing Industry Analysts President...

Online job ads rise in October, offset prior month’s loss

US online job ads rose by 116,100 in October to almost 4.84 million, according to The Conference Board’s report on online job ads. The October gain offset the loss in September of 93,800 online job ads.

“The second half of 2016 appears to have stabilized and is showing small gains in the number of...