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O'Hare investigation brings staffing arrests
November 8, 2007An investigation at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport led to the arrest of two staffing firm internal employees and 23 workers on Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported. The probe found temporary workers employed through Bensenville IL-based Ideal Staffing Solutions Inc., fraudulently...
Resources Global names new CFO
November 8, 2007Resources Global Professionals, a subsidiary of Resources Connection Inc. (NASD: RECN), named Nate Franke as executive VP and CFO. Franke comes to Irvine CA-based Resources Global after 22 years at Deloitte & Touche LLP. Franke succeeds Anthony Cherbak, executive VP and COO, who has been acting as CFO...
RCM net income rises 27.8%
November 8, 2007Third-quarter net income at Pennsauken NJ-based RCM Technologies Inc. (NASD: RCMT) rose 27.8% to $1.7 million from $1.3 million in the same period last year.
The information technology staffing company's third-quarter revenue rose 4.7% to $54.1 million from $51.7 million in the third quarter of 2006....
Job openings down 20,000
November 7, 2007The number of job openings fell by 20,000 month-over-month in September to 4.1 million on the last business day of the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The job openings rate was 2.9% in September, unchanged from August but down from 3.0% in September 2006.
The job openings...
Empresaria buying 56% of Chilean staffing firm
November 7, 2007London-based professional staffing company Empresaria Group PLC is buying 56% of Marketing y Promociones Limitada, a Chilean staffing firm that operates under the brand name Alternattiva. The Chilean firm specializes in sales and marketing staff. It will have estimated 2007 net fee income of 1.6 billion...
Medical Staffing Network posts loss, margins up
November 7, 2007Medical Staffing Network Holdings Inc. (NYSE: MRN) posted a third-quarter loss of $1.7 million, compared with net income of $1.1 million a year ago. The company said the loss included $3.0 million restructuring charge, a $1.9 million goodwill charge related to the acquisition of InteliStaf Holdings Inc.,...
Comsys revenue up 0.8%, but net income soars
November 7, 2007Comsys IT Partners Inc. (NASD: CITP) posted third-quarter net income of $9.6 million, up 236.7% from $2.9 million in the third quarter of 2006. However, the information technology staffing and solutions company said the 2006 numbers included a $2.5 million loss from the early retirement of debt.
Excluding...
Barrett acquiring Denver staffing firm
November 7, 2007Barrett Business Services Inc. (NASD: BBSI) struck a deal to buy Phillips Temps Inc., a staffing firm with one office in
Tech, finance and accounting salaries up 4%
November 7, 2007Technology and finance and accounting salaries are up about 4% overall, said Greg Millman, senior marketing manager at Kforce Inc. (NASD: KFRC). However, those with skills in such specialties as Sarbanes-Oxley in accounting are seeing bigger increases. The professional staffing firm recently came out...
Contract Watch - Strategic Staffing Solutions, Workway, Atlantic Associates
November 6, 2007Strategic Staffing Solutions, a Detroit-based information technology staffing company, said it has become eligible to be a certified vendor for the state of