Half of flexible job seekers most productive at home, survey finds

Only 7% of workers interested in work flexibility report the office, during traditional work hours, is their location of choice for optimum productivity on work-related projects, according to a survey released today by FlexJobs, a job search website specializing in telecommuting, freelance, part-time...

Day and Zimmerman awarded $950 million contract (Times Free Press)

The Tennessee Valley Authority has awarded a seven-year contract to Philadelphia-based Day and Zimmerman to supply workers and temporary help during outages at TVA’s nuclear power plants, the Times Free Press reports. The contract, which TVA directors approved at their quarterly board meeting in Knoxville...

Explosion in apps for juggling jobs (Bloomberg)

Workforce trends are moving in favor of gig economy mobile apps as more people prefer to choose their own hours, Bloomberg reports. “Two or three years ago, it was pretty rare to have more than one job” Snagajob.com Inc. CEO Peter Harrison told Bloomberg. “Now it’s really very common. What we...

GDP revised slightly downward

US real gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 1.1% in the second quarter, according to the second estimate of GDP growth by the US Commerce Department. The new estimate is down from an “advance” estimate that pegged growth at 1.2%.

In the first quarter, real GDP edged up 0.8%.

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Industrial hiring down 15% in Q2, index finds

Industrial hiring decreased slightly across all sectors in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, according to the 2016 Global Industrial Hiring Index for the second quarter released today by executive search firm ZRG Partners. However, the report found hiring still rose 12% year over year....

More than half of US independent contractors would choose otherwise, survey finds

The rise of the gig economy many forecasters see on the horizon may develop more slowly than expected, according to a survey released by Deloitte LLP. The survey found less than half of the respondents who worked as an independent contractor, 48%, were very satisfied with their experience. Additionally,...

HCCA changes name to Shearwater Health

HCCA Health Connections Inc. and HCCA International, a healthcare staffing firm based in Franklin, Tenn., consolidated all of its business operations under the new name Shearwater Health.

In January, funds managed by New York-based healthcare private equity firm MTS Health Investors LLC completed a strategic...

People: Talent Plus, Apex Systems, KORE1, Onward Search

Talent Plus Inc. named Don Tomlinson as chief information officer. He will oversee a team of software developers and technology solutions consultants and manage TalentBank, the company’s software platform. Tomlinson most recently was chief technology officer for ATS Secured.

Apex Systems, an IT staffing...

Silicon Valley investors shunned Hometeam CEO for classifying workers as W-2 (Business Insider)

Josh Bruno, CEO of on-demand senior-care startup Hometeam, told Business Insider that for him it was always clear that Hometeam’s 1,000-plus caregivers needed to be on W-2s. But when he was trying to raise money, Silicon Valley venture capitalists had a clear preference for 1099s. “I was kicked out...

Yellen sees stronger case for interest rate hike (The New York Times)

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said today she see a stronger case for raising the Fed’s benchmark interest rate, suggesting the central bank was likely to act in the coming months, The New York Times reports. “In light of the continued solid performance of the labor market and our outlook...