Proman says 2023 revenue rises amid acquisitions, organic growth

Proman, a global staffing firm based in Manosque, France, reported revenue rose 9.85% in 2023 to nearly €4.11 billion (US$4.53 billion). The company, which ranks as 14^th-largest in the world, reported organic growth across its markets drove the increase as well as several acquisitions in the past year,...

Firm reclassifying contractors as employees in first for California

Online staffing firm Qwick Inc. struck a deal with the city of San Francisco to reclassify all its misclassified workers in California as employees instead of independent contractors, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced Feb. 22. Chiu submitted a proposed final judgment and injunction to...

Majority of workers say inflation outpacing paychecks: ASA

More than half of US workers, 53%, feel their paychecks are not keeping up with the pace of inflation, according to a report by the American Staffing Association. The report found that only 47% of US workers think their paycheck is keeping up as interest rates and inflation exert increased pressure on...

Inflation still a concern for Canadian businesses: Statistics Canada

Canadian businesses expect rising inflation and cost of inputs to be major obstacles over the next three months, according to Statistics Canada’s Survey on Business Conditions. However, pressures faced by businesses continued to ease in the first quarter, following the trend seen in the fourth quarter...

Search engine volume will fall 25% as AI ramps up

Traditional search engine volume will fall 25% by 2026 as search marketing loses market share to AI chatbots and other virtual agents, according to an analysis by Gartner Inc.

“Organic and paid search are vital channels for tech marketers seeking to reach awareness and demand generation goals,” Alan...

ZipRecruiter Q4 revenue down 35%, number of paid employees also falls

ZipRecruiter Inc. (NYSE: ZIP) cited “one of the slowest hiring markets in recent memory” and top-line headwinds in 2023 as challenges for fourth-quarter and full-year earnings. Fourth-quarter revenue at the jobs website operator fell 35.4% to $135.92 million.

“Although many macroeconomic forecasts...

Judge delays NLRB joint-employer rule amid legal challenge

A federal judge in Texas delayed until March a US National Labor Relations Board rule change for determining joint-employer status.

US District Judge J. Campbell Barker on Thursday issued a brief order pushing back the rule’s effective date to March 11 from Feb. 26, Reuters reported. Barker, an appointee...

Vitalité Health exec defends travel nursing contracts but plans to phase them out

The president and CEO of Canadian health organization Vitalité Health Network agrees private agency nursing contracts should be questioned but says they were a necessary measure that has saved lives.

Dr. France Desrosiers addressed the organization’s use of the costly contracts to ensure continuous...

Photography and video content creation top Freelancer.com’s fastest-growing skills

Photography and video content creation were the fastest-growing skills in 2023, according to Freelancer.com’s Fast 50 report. The online staffing platform reported that Adobe Lightroom skills rose 68.9% year over year to 3,841 jobs. Adobe Lightroom is a photo editing tool.

Videography ranked the second...

More than half of workers forced to return to office plan to change jobs: ResumeBuilder

More than half of employees mandated to return to the office by their employers are searching for new jobs, according to a report by ResumeBuilder. Of those surveyed, 18% are currently looking for a new job, while 36% plan to look for one this year.

In addition, many of those currently searching for a...