Calian Q2 revenue up 12%

Calian Group Ltd. (TSX: CGY) reported revenue rose 11.6% to C$68.1 million (US$52.3 million) in its fiscal second quarter ended March 31.

Second-quarter revenue rose 3.0% in Calian’s systems engineering division and 14.8% in its business and technology services division, which includes staffing....

Ciber Q1 revenue down 11% in constant currency

IT solutions and staffing provider Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR) reported first-quarter revenue fell 11% on a constant currency basis.

North America revenue fell 6% while revenue in Ciber’s international division fell 21% year over year, down 16% in constant currency.

Ciber reported a net loss of $97.0 million...

Advanced Medical acquires Rise Medical Staffing

Advanced Medical Personnel Services Inc., a provider of allied healthcare travel staffing, acquired Rise Medical Staffing, a privately held provider of travel nurse staffing services.

The transaction closed April 27; terms were not disclosed.

Rise Medical Staffing (formerly HealthOne) is expected to give...

US temp employment to increase 6% by 2018

US temporary employment is expected to add 173,478 jobs from 2016 to 2018, an increase of 5.9%, according to research released today by CareerBuilder.

CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists International analyzed data pulled from more than 100 national and state employment resources for the report....

Jobless claims average rises, initial claims up 17,000 to five-week high

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 258,000 last week, up 2,000 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 of...

Does obesity constitute a disability? — CWS 3.0

Employers across the globe are having to manage the increase in the size of their workforce, and the attendant complications for their employees’ health, not to mention their inability to carry out normal work-related activities. In a new CWS 3.0 newsletter article, Staffing Industry Analysts’ Fiona...

Kforce revenue rises 3% in Q1

Professional staffing firm Kforce Inc. (NASD: KFRC) reported first-quarter revenue rose 3.1% to $322.1 million, but fell short of guidance provided at the end of the fourth quarter.

The Tampa, Fla.-based professional staffing provider noted a few large clients slowed their usage of flexible staffing,...

Randstad Sourceright names RPO sales executive

Randstad Sourceright named Jane Ligrani as senior VP of sales, RPO, North America.

Ligrani formerly served as Randstad Sourceright’s VP of sales. The company’s RPO sales organization was previously led by Ian Dawson, who was recently named chief sales officer for RiseSmart, a Randstad company that...

Upwork changes pricing format

Online staffing provider Upwork is changing its freelancer pricing format from a flat fee to a sliding scale and will begin charging clients a processing fee.

“Our one-size-fits-all pricing doesn’t serve our community well; each one of you takes a different approach to the way you work,” CEO Stephane...

US adds fewest private-sector jobs in three years, ADP reports

US private-sector employment rose by 156,000 jobs in April from March, the fewest jobs added in a month since April 2013, according to the ADP national employment report. The number of goods-producing jobs fell by 11,000, while service-providing jobs rose by 166,000.

April’s gain was smaller than the...