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ManpowerGroup report says employer brand becoming more important
May 25, 2016More than half of job seekers worldwide say an employer’s brand/reputation is more important today than it was five years ago, according to a report released today by ManpowerGroup Solutions. The paper, “Brand Detectives: The New Generation of Global Candidates,” found the feeling is even stronger...
More automakers cut deals with human cloud firms
May 25, 2016Volkswagen made a $300 million investment in Gett, a human cloud ride-sharing firm. Separately, Toyota Motor Corporation entered into a memorandum of understanding with Uber, one of the largest human cloud firms.
Gett’s deal was announced yesterday. Gett is a competitor to Uber and is available in more...
Sedgwick Claims Management acquires Irish company
May 25, 2016Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. agreed to acquire OSG Group, an outsource services provider in Ireland.
OSG provides property and liability loss adjusting services, as well as third-party administration, motor and specialist claims and customer support to clients in the Irish and overseas markets....
Chartwell adds management services with acquisition
May 25, 2016Chartwell Staffing Solutions, a staffing provider based in Lancaster, Penn., acquired Moving Solutions, a project and facilities management company in Santa Clara, Calif.
The acquisition means Chartwell Staffing Solutions now provides project management, IT management, and facility management services...
Fewer Americans relocating for new jobs is crimping economic recovery
May 25, 2016The New York Times reported economists have become increasingly worried that a slide in job turnover and relocation rates is undermining the economy’s dynamism, damping productivity and wages while making it more difficult for sidelined workers to find their way back into the labor force.
Verizon ‘desperate’ to find temporary workers?
May 25, 2016Recent rumors claimed Verizon is in dire need of temporary workers, Jobs&Hire reports. This comes after nearly 40,000 employees walked off their jobs on April 13.
OSHA cites candy manufacturer, staffing agency in amputation
May 25, 2016The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Cambridge Brands Inc., a subsidiary of Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. of Chicago, and a Boston staffing agency following an incident that resulted in the amputation of a temporary worker’s finger.
MJR, a Boston staffing...
Global sharing economy revenue to triple by 2020, report says
May 24, 2016Sharing economy platform providers, such as Uber, Airbnb and TaskRabbit, will see revenue triple to $20.4 billion by 2020 from $6.4 billion in 2015, according to Juniper Research’s report, “Sharing Economy: Opportunities, Impacts, and Disruptors 2016-2020.”
While a number of industries have already...
Four to five weeks to fill finance jobs, Robert Half CFO survey says
May 24, 2016It takes four weeks, on average, to fill an open staff-level accounting or finance position and five weeks to hire for a management-level role, according to a survey of CFOs released today by Robert Half Finance & Accounting.
“With the talent shortage in today’s finance and accounting hiring market,...
Distribution of temps uneven across states
May 24, 2016The distribution of employees hired by staffing agencies is uneven across states, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal that analyzes US Department of Labor data. In South Carolina, one in 25 workers is a temp, the highest share in the country, and other southern states have a relatively high...