US job openings rise in September from lowest level this year (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg reports job openings in the US rose in September from the lowest level of the year and hiring slowed, figures from the Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed today. Companies are limiting the number of job postings while also refraining from firing staff. The hiring...

Kelly’s Q3 revenue falls 7% in constant currency

Kelly Services Inc. (NASD: KELYA) revenue fell 7.6% in the third quarter, or 7.1% in constant currency. Americas revenue fell 1.3% in constant currency.

Gross margin improved to 17.2% from 16.9%, due to improving gross margins in the Americas Staffing and global OCG businesses as well as the favorable...

Employment trends index rises, suggests solid job growth through early next year

The Conference Board’s US Employment Trends Index rose in October to a reading of 128.97 from September’s downwardly revised reading of 128.29. The October reading, which followed an increase in September, is up 1.0% from the same month a year ago.

“The Employment Trends Index increased moderately...

IIC Partners appoints new board directors

IIC Partners Executive Search Worldwide appointed Ewa Olszewski and Nairouz Bader as new directors to its board. Both were nominated and elected as board directors, EMEA, during IIC Partners’ Global Conference & AGM held last month in Warsaw.

Bader is CEO and founder at Envision Partnership in Dubai....

EEOC lawsuit claims religious discrimination against temp

Akebono Brake Corp., a Michigan-based company that produces automotive brake components, violated federal law when it terminated a temp employee because of her religion, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a workplace discrimination lawsuit filed Nov. 3. The federal agency further...

Minimum wage on ballots in four states (USA Today)

USA Today reports voters in four states on Tuesday will consider ballot initiatives to raise the minimum wage, threatening to widen the disparity between the growing number of jurisdictions that have lifted their pay floors and the rest of the country. In Arizona, Colorado and Maine, state hourly minimums...

Nurses again in demand (The Wall Street Journal)

After years of relative equilibrium, the job market for nurses is heating up in many markets, driving up wages and sign-on bonuses for the nation’s fifth-largest occupation, The Wall Street Journal reports. The last nursing shortage more than a decade ago ended when a surge of nursing graduates filled...

US temp job growth down in October from previous month

Temporary help jobs rose by 6,400 in October from the previous month, a drop from 31,000 added in September, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The year-over-year growth rate ticked down to 1.34% in October from 2.09% in September.

The number...

AMN revenue up 12% on organic basis; growth in nurse and allied segment

AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AMN), the largest US healthcare staffing firm, reported third-quarter revenue rose 23.4% and was up 12% on an organic basis with the growth mainly stemming from the company’s nurse and allied solutions segment.

Phaidon promotes leader of North America operations to CEO role

Phaidon International, which ranks on this year’s list of fastest-growing staffing firms, promoted Harry Youtan to CEO from his former role as managing director of North America. He takes over the role from company founder Adam Buck, who will serve as executive chairman.

Phaidon is headquartered in...