Jobs requiring preparation, social skills expected to grow most (Pew Research Center)

The Pew Research Center reports much of US job growth over the past 35 years has been in occupations that require higher levels of education, training and experience. And based on its analysis of official government job-growth projections, that trend seems likely to continue.

TSR revenue roughly flat, net income up 10%

TSR Inc. (NASD: TSRI), a Hauppauge, NY-based supplier of IT staffing, reported revenue was roughly flat at $15.2 million in its fiscal first quarter ended Aug. 31, up by $7,000 from the same period last year. The company reported the number of consultants on billing rose to 362 from 345 in the same period...

Barrett appoints Columbia Sportswear CFO to board

Barrett Business Services Inc. (NASD: BBSI) appointed Tom Cusick, CFO of outdoor apparel firm Columbia Sportswear Co., to its board of directors, effective Oct. 11. Cusick will serve as a member of the audit and compliance committee at the Vancouver, Wash.-based supplier of staffing and professional...

Decton acquires Southern California staffing firm

Decton Staffing Services acquired Cutting Edge Staffing of Temecula, Calif. The deal took effect earlier this month and expands Decton’s presence in Southern California.

Cutting Edge Staffing, owned by Lisa Fuess, targets the light industrial and administrative/clerical verticals. The company will merge...

Amazon to add 120,000 seasonal workers, up 20% from last year

Amazon.com Inc. announced it will bring in 120,000 seasonal positions across its US network of fulfillment and sortation centers this holiday season — up 20% from the 100,000 seasonal positions added last year — in order to meet an increase in customer demand. Last year, more than 14,000 seasonal...

Jobless claims average hits lowest level since 1973 (Bloomberg)

Filings for US unemployment benefits were at a four-decade low, Bloomberg reports. Employers remain reluctant to lay off workers as the pool of potential job candidates dries up and openings remain near record highs, making conditions ripe for wage gains that may spur Federal Reserve policy makers to...

New York Uber drivers now eligible for unemployment payments (The New York Times)

The New York Times reports two former drivers for Uber are eligible for unemployment payments, stating that New York State regulators have ruled they should be treated as employees rather than independent contractors, as the company has maintained. The decision could make it more difficult for Uber,...

US job openings fall 6.7% in August to eight-month low

The number of US job openings in August fell 6.7% from July to 5.4 million, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of hires also edged down from July.

The job openings rate — a measure of job openings compared with total employment —...

Cross Country CFO takes medical leave

Cross Country Healthcare Inc. (NASD: CCRN) CFO William Burns is taking a medical leave of absence, according to a filing today with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The board of directors appointed Christopher Pizzi as acting CFO.

Pizzi, has been corporate controller of the Boca Raton, Fla.-based...

Heidrick names controller

Executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. (NASD: HSII) appointed Stephen Bondi as VP, controller, effective Sept. 1, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Bondi since July 29 has served as the company’s interim principal accounting officer, following...