Oregon governor signs highest minimum wage in nation — Web

Oregonlive.com reports Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed a new minimum wage law that will increase the minimum wage to $14.75 per hour in some parts of the state by 2022.

RCM revenue falls 4%

RCM Technologies Inc. (NASD GM: RCMT) — a provider of engineering, IT and healthcare staffing — reported revenue fell 3.9% in its fourth quarter ended Jan. 2.

Canadian GDP up 0.8% in Q4

Canadian real gross domestic product rose at an annualized rate of 0.8% in the fourth quarter following a gain of 2.4% in the third quarter, Statistics Canada reported. By comparison, real GDP in the US rose at an annualized rate of 1.0% in the fourth quarter.

When not expressed at an annualized rate,...

US adds 214,000 private sector jobs in February, ADP reports

US private sector employment rose by 214,000 jobs in February from January, according to the ADP national employment report produced by Automatic Data Processing Inc. (NASD: ADP) in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics. February’s jobs gain is an increase from January’s 193,000 additions, which...

CareerBuilder acquires background screening firm

CareerBuilder acquired Aurico, a background screening and drug testing provider serving US and international clients.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

“Background screening is an essential part of recruitment, and a natural extension of CareerBuilder’s product line,” said CareerBuilder...

Staffing execs weigh in on industry growth — Executive Forum

How big will the temporary staffing industry grow in 10 years? Staffing industry leaders attending the final session of the Staffing Industry Executive Forum last Thursday in Phoenix answered that question, and 35.14% of the staffing leaders forecast industry revenue will exceed $190 billion 10 years...

Online job ads fall in February, office/admin support leads decline

US online job ads fell by 162,100 in February to approximately 5.33 million, according to The Conference Board’s report on online job ads. February’s decline follows a gain of 13,500 online job ads in January.

“While 2015 showed slow positive growth averaging about 25,000 ads per month, the first...

Industrial hiring down 18% in Q4, index finds

Industrial hiring fell significantly across all sectors in the fourth quarter compared to the third quarter, according to the Q4 2015 Global Industrial Hiring Index released today by executive search firm ZRG Partners. However, the report found year-over-year numbers were close to flat.

The index indicated...

Temp staffing revenue growth maintains 10% pace, Pulse survey finds

US temporary staffing revenue rose a median 10% year over year in January among staffing firms taking part in Staffing Industry Analysts’ monthly Pulse Survey. The 10% growth in January is the same growth rate reported in December.

“In what has become a familiar story, the highlight in January was...

Mastech Holdings CEO resigns

Pittsburgh-based IT staffing firm Mastech Holdings Inc. (NYSE MKT: MHH) announced D. Kevin Horner resigned as president and CEO and director of the board.  Mastech’s board appointed Vivek Gupta as his successor in these roles, effective today.

Horner is included in the Staffing 100 list of influential...