Canada adds 22,800 jobs in December

Canada added 22,800 jobs in December from November, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by Statistics Canada. The number of full-time jobs fell by 6,400 in December, but part-time jobs rose by 29,200.

Compared to the same month a year ago, Canada was up by 158,100 jobs — an increase...

People: Clinical Magnet, Heidrick, Millenium, ApTask and more

Clinical Magnet, a subsidiary of Supplemental Health Care that provides RPO services to the healthcare industry, hired Thomas Leeper as senior director of client services and solution design and as a member of its executive leadership board. Leeper has more than 25 years of experience in the recruiting...

More US employers to hire temps in 2016

US employers’ plans to hire temporary workers in 2016 are a bit more optimistic than they were heading into 2015, according to CareerBuilder’s job forecast for 2016. The forecast’s survey found nearly half of employers, 47%, plan to hire temporary or contract workers in 2016, up slightly from 46%...

Resources Connection revenue falls 0.4%, energy sector impacts US results

Revenue at Resources Connection Inc. (NASD: RECN) edged down 0.4% in its fiscal second quarter ended Nov. 28. However, revenue rose 1.7% in constant currency.

US revenue rose 0.2% year over year to $122.5 million. The flat growth was in part due to continued softness in the energy sector, CFO Nate...

Adecco completes Pontoon/hyphen merger

Adecco completed the merger of its London-based hyphen division — an MSP and RPO provider — with its Pontoon division, effective Jan. 1.

Pontoon is based in Jacksonville, Fla., and provides managed service provider and recruitment process outsourcing services. It will now serve as the global HR outsourcing...

Hamilton-Ryker buys staffing provider Omni Personnel

Staffing provider The Hamilton-Ryker Group Inc. acquired Omni Personnel, effective Dec. 31, 2015.

Omni Personnel, founded in 1978 by Mary Roberts, provides commercial staffing in the central Kentucky area with offices in Leitchfield and Elizabethtown, Ky.

“This acquisition adds to our presence in the...

Advanced Discovery acquires DC-based legal staffing firm

Advanced Discovery, an e-discovery service provider, acquired Legal Placements Inc., a Washington DC-based document review and legal staffing services company. LPI will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Discovery.

The transaction closed Dec. 23; terms were not disclosed.

The Legal Placements...

Uber to encrypt ‘God View,’ pay $20,000, NY Attorney General says

Uber, one of the largest human cloud firms, will take steps to encrypt and enhance data security practices over geo-location information about riders and take other security steps, the New York State Attorney General announced Wednesday. In addition, Uber will pay $20,000 related to a data breach that...

Jobless claims average down 1,250, total claims fall

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance was 275,750 last week, down 1,250 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...

TemPositions acquires Long Island-based staffing provider Opus

The TemPositions Group of Companies acquired certain assets of 28-year-old Long Island-based Opus Staffing and Opus Scientific.

Assets acquired include customer and employee lists, some office and related equipment, and goodwill.

The transaction closed Dec. 31; terms were not disclosed.

Opus Staffing provides...