People: Oxford Global Resources, DRI and more

Oxford Global Resources, a subsidiary of On Assignment Inc. (NASD: ASGN), added Donna Farrugia to lead its new practice for digital initiatives as senior VP, Oxford Digital. Farrugia had served as CEO of the Nelson Family of Companies and previously was executive director at The Creative Group, a marketing/creative...

EEOC makes ‘substantial progress’ in systemic bias (Bloomberg BNA)

More than 71,000 workers received $532.8 million in relief from US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission systemic investigations and lawsuits resolved in FY 2006 through FY 2015, Bloomberg BNA reports. The EEOC made “substantial progress” during the past decade to revitalize its efforts to address...

Microsoft takes heat for recruiter’s email slang (USA Today)

“My crew is coming down from our HQ in Seattle to hang with you and the crowd,” a Microsoft recruiter wrote earlier this week in an invitation to a college student, USA Today reports. “There will be hella noms, lots of dranks, the best beats and just like last year, we’re breaking out the Yammer...

US private-sector job growth revives in June, ADP reports

US private-sector employment rose by 172,000 jobs in June from May, according to the ADP national employment report. Average monthly job creation has edged down since the start of the year.

“Job growth revived last month from its spring slump. Job growth remains healthy except in the energy and trade-sensitive...

Temp hiring plans edge down for second half, survey says

A survey of hiring managers and human resource professionals found 32% plan to hire temporary or contract staff in the second half of 2016, down slightly from the 34% who said the same in a separate survey for the second half of last year, according to CareerBuilder’s new mid-year 2016 US job forecast....

Upwork lists 20 hottest skills in online staffing

User experience design and ASP development rank among the fastest-growing, in-demand skills in the US online jobs market, according to the new quarterly skills index released today by Upwork of the top 20 hottest skills on its online staffing platform.

“We’re releasing this skills data to serve as...

CEO confidence rises in Q2

CEO confidence rose again in the second quarter after edging up in the prior quarter. The Conference Board’s measure of CEO confidence rose to a level of 53, up from 47 in the first quarter of 2016.

A reading of more than 50 reflects more positive than negative responses.

“Confidence among CEOs increased...

Jobless claims average down, initial claims fall by 16,000

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to 264,750 last week, down 2,500 from the previous week’s average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor. The previous week’s average was revised upward by 500.

The four-week...

Who are my employees? (Lexology)

“It remains to be seen how far the [National Labor Relations Board] will go in this joint employer arena and whether pending legislation to combat the NLRB will be successful in any respect,” Paul Bressan and Ruth L. Seroussi of Buchalter Nemer write in a Lexology post. The authors discuss recent...

US colleges use H-1B visas to court foreign entrepreneurs (CNBC)

CNBC reports some US universities are creating "global entrepreneur in residence" programs that let some graduates work part-time on campus, often as mentors, while they develop their businesses. This allows the graduates to say they are providing a service to a US university, which can qualify...