CHG Healthcare acquires Salt Lake City-based locum tenens firm

CHG Healthcare Services, the second-largest US healthcare staffing firm, acquired Salt Lake City-based Global Medical Staffing.

The transaction closed August 24; terms were not disclosed.

Global Medical Staffing will remain a stand-alone brand. Its CEO, Robert Stringham, will remain with the firm temporarily...

Monster disputes shareholder’s opposition to sale

Monster Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: MWW) affirmed its support for the sale of the company to global staffing provider Randstad Holding nv in a letter to shareholders dated Aug. 19.

Monster and Randstad announced the $429 million deal earlier this month, but last week, Monster’s largest shareholder — MediaNews...

Genesys Talent raises $2.1 million in funding round

Genesys Talent LLC, a Houston-based firm in the talent cloud space, closed on $2.1 million in seed round funding. Genesys plans to use the capital to grow its team, invest in additional technology development and enhance existing talent cloud technologies and processes.

Twelve investors, including undisclosed...

LinkedIn expands gig economy platform ProFinder throughout US

LinkedIn Corp.’s gig economy offering, ProFinder, was rolled out across the US, the company announced in a blog post Wednesday.

The service aims to connect individuals and small businesses looking for services — such as design, writing, editing, accounting, real estate and career coaching — to freelancers...

Uber loses $1.2 billion in first half (Bloomberg)

Human cloud company Uber lost $1.2 billion in the first half of this year, Bloomberg reports. The report came from a conference call to investors by Uber’s head of finance, Gautam Gupta, according to Bloomberg. Subsidies for drivers were cited as responsible for a majority of the loss. Staffing Industry...

Recruit to raise $2.5 billion (Nikkei Asian Review)

Recruit Co. Ltd., one of the world’s largest staffing firms, plans to raise $2.5 billion in a secondary offering of shares, the Nikkei Asian Review reports. The offering is the first since the company went public in October 2014. Separately, Recruit also announced the formation of a new business to...

Jobless claims average down 1,250

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to 264,000 last week, down 1,250 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...

Hospitality Staffing Solutions names long-time staffing exec as CEO

Hospitality Staffing Solutions LLC, a staffing provider for the hospitality industry, appointed Timothy McPherson as CEO, effective this week.

McPherson since 2009 served as president and COO of Nesco Resource, an Ohio-based engineering and industrial staffing provider. Prior to Nesco, he had a 20-year...

Pay raises to hold steady in 2017, survey finds

Pay raises for US employees are expected to hold steady at 3% in 2017, according to a survey released today by Willis Towers Watson. The survey also found that employers continue to reward their best performers with significantly larger pay raises as they look for ways to keep their top talent and strengthen...

ManpowerGroup to acquire Ciber Norway

ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) agreed to acquire the Norwegian business of IT solutions and staffing provider Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR).

The deal is expected to close later this month, pending regulatory approval, and follows ManpowerGroup’s acquisition of Ciber Netherlands in June for $25 million. Ciber Norway’s...