Consumer confidence higher in September but labor market outlook mixed

The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index for the US rose in September to a reading of 103.0 (1985=100), up from a reading of 101.3 in August, The Conference Board announced today.

“Consumer confidence increased moderately in September, following August’s sharp rebound,” said Lynn Franco,...

EEOC Sues Day & Zimmermann NPS for retaliation over discrimination charge

Day & Zimmermann NPS, a provider of staffing services to the power industry, unlawfully retaliated against a worker who filed a disability bias charge with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and sought to interfere with the rights of employees to communicate with EEOC, the federal agency...

TaskRabbit COO’s advice to 20-year-old self: Don’t stress so much — Staffing Quote of the Week

“Don’t stress so much. The hardest moments of your life in your 20s will provide some of the greatest lessons that will come in handy later,” is the advice TaskRabbit COO Stacy Brown-Philpot would give to herself if she was still 20 years old. Fortune asked corporate leaders on its “40 Under...

Temp staffing revenue growth rate slows in August, Pulse finds

US temporary staffing revenue rose a median 11% year over year in August among staffing firms taking part in Staffing Industry Analysts’ monthly Pulse Survey. The 11% growth in August is a deceleration from the 14% growth rate reported in July.

“Most segments decelerated in August in terms of median...

2015 Healthcare Staffing Summit starts today

The 2015 Healthcare Staffing Summit is slated to begin today at the Red Rock Resort, Casino and Spa in Las Vegas. It will cover all aspects of healthcare staffing from travel nursing to locum tenens and from allied healthcare to staffing firm M&A.

Tomorrow, the conference will continue with a keynote...

IT worker, veterans advocate is ASA staffing employee of the year

The American Staffing Association named information technology professional and veterans advocate Ben Keen as the 2016 National Staffing Employee of the Year.

A veteran of the US Army, Keen currently is an employee of TEKsystems on assignment as a technical operations analyst with the PNC Bank in Pittsburgh....

EEOC sues Labor Ready Mid-Atlantic for discrimination

Labor Ready Mid-Atlantic Inc. violated federal law when it subjected two female laborers to sexual and racial harassment and then retaliated against them for complaining about it, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit announced last week.

Labor Ready is a brand of industrial...

Staffing 360 trades on Nasdaq starting Tuesday

Staffing 360 Solutions Inc. (OTCBB: STAF) received approval to list the company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market, effective tomorrow. Securities will trade under the stock symbol STAF.

Staffing 360 in August announced plans to uplist to a national exchange as soon as it meets all listing...

Candidates seek detailed info, personal interaction throughout recruiting process

Prospective employees want organizations to provide more information about specific jobs and have more frequent interactions during the hiring process, according to the insights paper, "Making the Connection: Best Practices in Candidate Experience," from ManpowerGroup Solutions Recruitment...

Randstad buys outplacement firm RiseSmart for $100 million

Randstad Holding nv acquired a 100% stake in outplacement provider RiseSmart for $100 million in a deal that closed Thursday.

The world’s second-largest staffing firm provided outplacement services before the acquisition, but RiseSmart will be the company’s outplacement provider in the US going forward....