Compunnel acquires Boston-based healthcare staffing firm

Compunnel Software Group Inc., a business technology services and staffing provider, acquired Boston-based healthcare staffing company Alternative Solutions Inc.

This acquisition expands Compunnel’s geographic footprint and skill coverage. The group has an existing independent healthcare staffing unit,...

Online job ads index edges up in February, recruitment activity will likely remain high

The Conference Board’s Experimental Help Wanted OnLine Index edged up to a reading of 104.0 in February from a reading of 103.7 in January. The Conference Board in December revised its report on online job ads to reflect a new methodology and current landscape of online job advertisements....

Employment scams rank as riskiest: BBB

Employment scams took over the top spot this year as the riskiest scam in 2018, according to a report released today by the Better Business Bureau. Employment scams had more instances and higher losses than in previous years.

Employment scams target a large number of people and tend to result in significant...

CompTIA acquires nonprofit IT careers program TechGirlz

CompTIA, the nonprofit IT industry association, announced its tech workforce charity Creating IT Futures acquired TechGirlz, a nonprofit program designed to inspire middle school girls to explore careers in technology.

Creating IT Futures focuses on training adults for careers in technology;...

47% of employers plan to recruit contractors/temps

US hiring managers’ and human resource professionals’ hiring plans for 2019 are on par with last year’s, according to CareerBuilder’s 2019 US job forecast, released today.

Forty percent of employers plan to hire full-time, permanent employees in 2019, down from 44% who said the same in a separate...

Three-quarters of Americans would likely choose soft skills over experience and qualifications

Having soft skills — personal, communications and time-management skills, enthusiasm, dependability/reliability — without the required experience seems to be more desirable than having the right experience or qualifications for a job but lacking soft skills, according to a survey released today by...

Staffing 360 settles remaining deferred consideration from firstPRO acquisition

Staffing 360 Solutions Inc. (NASD: STAF), a staffing provider operating in the US and UK, reached an agreement with the seller of firstPRO, its professional staffing operation in Atlanta, to settle $2.16 million of remaining deferred consideration for a total of $1.125...

US nonmanufacturing activity accelerates in February, but employment metric decreased

Economic activity in the US nonmanufacturing sector accelerated in February, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s nonmanufacturing index, released today.

ISM’s nonmanufacturing index rose to a reading of 59.7 in February, up from a reading of 56.7 in January.

Readings above 50 generally...

With ‘a nickel and a phone booth,’ you could get into executive search – Staffing quote of the week

When industry pioneer Hank Higdon, vice chairman of RSR Partners, and Russell S. Reynolds Jr., started in the executive search business in the 1960s, “it was unprofessional,” Higdon said in an Institutional Investor story about top recruiters. “Anybody could do it because it was an easy business...

UK – It’s ‘National Apprenticeship Week’

“National Apprenticeship Week” is this week in the UK, 4 March to 8 March. The week is coordinated by the National Apprenticeship Service and aimed at celebrating apprenticeships and the positive impact they have. This year’s theme is “Blaze a Trail”.

Jobs website operator CV-Library Limited...