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Horton International - North America, a principal partner of executive search and advisory firm Horton Group International Limited, announced James Utterback joined the company as managing director in the firm’s healthcare and life sciences practice, focusing within the healthcare information technology...

Canada adds 44,000 jobs in October on part-time gains (CBC News)

The Canadian economy added 44,000 new jobs in October, but the jobless rate stayed at 7% because more people were also looking for work, CBC News reports. The gains came from part-time jobs, with more than 67,000 new positions, Statistics Canada reported today. The flip side is that the economy lost...

US manufacturing economy fails employers and workers (CNBC)

Low unemployment rates obscure the struggles of manufacturers and workers, particularly in the Midwestern US, CNBC reports. Factories in the countryside are distant from pools of unemployed workers in cities. Drug tests are disqualifying more applicants. Low wages discourage others from taking jobs that...

CDI revenue falls 10%

CDI Corp. (NYSE: CDI), a Philadelphia-based provider of IT and engineering staffing, reported revenue fell 10.0% year over year in the third quarter.

Results for the quarter included $10.5 million in revenue from Edgerock Technologies LLC, which CDI acquired in October 2015.

Results also include partial...

Cross Country Q3 revenue rises 10% on nurse and allied staffing

Third-quarter revenue at Cross Country Healthcare Inc. (NASD: CCRN) rose 9.9% in the third quarter to $215.0 million. Nurse and allied staffing provided the growth, with that segment seeing an 18.6% increase in third-quarter revenue. Cross Country cited improved pricing in the segment and the impact...

Peoplelink buys Wisconsin-based IT staffing firm TeamSoft

Peoplelink Group, a South Bend, Ind.-based staffing firm, acquired TeamSoft, an IT staffing provider headquartered in Madison, Wis.

TeamSoft provides contract and direct hire IT staffing services, primarily in Wisconsin. However, it does have clientele in several other states including Indiana, Texas,...

ManpowerGroup adds Navigant CEO to board

ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) elected Julie Howard to its board of directors, effective Dec. 12. Howard is CEO and chairman of the board of Navigant Consulting Inc. (NYSE: NCI).

“We’re delighted to welcome Julie to the board,” said ManpowerGroup Chairman and CEO Jonas Prising. “During her impressive...

Physician executive compensation up 8%

Median compensation for physician executives grew an average of 8% between 2013 and 2016 to $350,000, according to the 10th biennial Physician Leadership Compensation Survey released today by Cejka Executive Search and the American Association for Physician Leadership. While fairly consistent with growth...

Jobless claims average up 4,750, initial claims hit highest level in almost three months

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 257,750 last week, up 4,750 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 of...

Randstad founder remains richest man in the Netherlands (DutchNews.nl)

DutchNews.nl reports Frits Goldschmeding, founder of Randstad Holding nv, remains the richest man in the Netherlands, according to Quote magazine’s list of the 500 richest Dutch. Goldschmeding, who founded the global staffing provider in 1960 when he was 27 years old, is worth some €3.5...