College hiring outlook near 10-year high

Companies plan to hire more recent college graduates this year than in the past 10 years, according to a CareerBuilder survey released today. Of employers surveyed, 67% said they plan to hire recent college graduates this year, up from 65% last year and the highest outlook since 2007. More than a third,...

No news does not necessarily mean good news — CWS 3.0

Many program managers assume silence is golden, but lack of feedback can be problematic. In a new CWS 3.0 newsletter article, Staffing Industry Analysts' Dawn McCartney, CCWP, director of contingent workforce strategies and research, discusses how using feedback to ensure users are happy will help your...

Inaugural IT Staffing Benchmarking Survey now open

Staffing Industry Analysts has launched its first-ever IT Staffing Benchmarking Survey, designed to elucidate the trends and practices that are unique to this evolving industry segment.

This survey will improve visibility into the IT staffing market in the US by gathering data on volume and rates for...

Supplemental Health Care execs step down, launch new firm

Several executives from Supplemental Health Care left the Park City, Utah-based healthcare staffing firm and launched RecruitIQ Staffing, a commercial staffing agency focusing on healthcare and non-healthcare organizations.

Executives involved include President and CEO Janet Elkin, COO Laura Magner, Chief...

Plant lets temps unionize, avoids strike — Web

The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reports auto parts manufacturer Detroit Chassis agreed to let about 60 temporary workers at its plant in Avon, Ohio, join a union less than one day before the workers were to strike.

Barrett investigation finds no effect on net income

Barrett Business Services Inc. (NASD: BBSI) announced an independent forensic accounting investigation concluded that while certain expenses shifted between the periods reviewed, it had no effect on pretax income, net income or earnings per share on a cumulative basis for the periods under investigation....

ManpowerGroup tops list of largest staffing firms in Mexico

ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) remains the largest staffing company in Mexico with more than a third of the formal staffing market, according to the 2016 list of largest staffing firms in Mexico recently released by Staffing Industry Analysts. The list is based on 2015 revenue.

ManpowerGroup comprises 37.9%...

Wage growth accelerates in Q1, ADP report finds

Employers appear to be reacting to a tightening labor market by boosting wages to retain talent, according to the ADP Workforce Vitality Report released today.

The report tracks a set of full-time workers to determine wage growth among those who are consistently employed. This set of full-time workers...

Tech firms dominate Glassdoor’s list of highest-paying companies

Management consulting firm A.T. Kearney ranked as the highest-paying company in America but tech firms make up the bulk of the highest-paying firms, according to a pay report released today by Glassdoor.

Twenty of the 25 companies operate in the technology industry, four in the consulting industry and...

Change independent contractor distinction for gig economy, think tank says

Congress should modernize the distinction between full-time employees and independent contractors when it comes to the gig economy, according to an announcement by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a technology think tank.

“The US labor market has diversified considerably in recent...