Canada adds 33,900 full-time jobs in October, part-time employment falls

Employment in Canada rose by 11,200 jobs with a gain of 33,900 full-time jobs, which was partially offset by a loss of 22,600 part-time jobs, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by Statistics Canada. Total number of jobs was 18.7 million in October, and the unemployment rate...

People: Robert Half, NextPath Career Partners, Caldwell, HyreCar

Professional staffing firm Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI) elected Dirk Kempthorne to its board, effective Jan. 1. He currently serves on the independent advisory board of Robert Half’s Protiviti subsidiary and will remain on this advisory board until he assumes his role on the Robert Half...

Third-quarter revenue falls at Dice.com’s parent company; all nontech business now divested

DHI Group Inc. (NYSE: DHX), which operates Dice and other job boards, reported third-quarter revenue fell 25.8%. The company attributed the decrease primarily to the divestitures of all of its nontech businesses since December 2017; tech-focused revenue, excluding Dice Europe, edged down 1% year over...

AMN revenue up 7% in Q3, but locum tenens revenue falls

AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE: AMN) reported third-quarter revenue rose 6.6% with growth coming in its nurse and allied business as well as its “other workforce solutions” business. Third-quarter revenue fell 9.3% in its locum tenens solutions business.

The San Diego-based company ranks as the largest...

PEO Insperity’s Q3 revenue rises on increase in worksite employees

Professional employer organization Insperity Inc. (NYSE: NSP) reported third-quarter revenue rose 16.3%. The company reported growth was driven by a 15% increase in the average number of worksite employees paid per month.

An acceleration of worksite employee growth throughout 2018 has been the result...

Nurse staffing platform IntelyCare announces $10.8 million funding round

IntelyCare, a nurse staffing platform for post-acute healthcare facilities, raised $10.8 million in a Series A funding round. This investment brings the Massachusetts-based firm’s total funding to $14 million.

IntelyCare uses artificial intelligence and a mobile app to place nursing professionals. The...

ISM manufacturing index falls to six-month low in October

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in October at a slower pace than in September, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index for US manufacturing. September’s index reading registered 57.7, down from August’s reading of 59.8.

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Hudson reports revenue up in Q3, but loss of large contract still hinders growth in Americas and Europe

RPO provider Hudson Global Inc. (NASD: HSON) reported third-quarter revenue rose 11.6%. The New York-based firm reported the Asia Pacific region produced the strongest growth while the Americas and Europe continued to be affected by a large global contract that ended in the third...

Number of US freelancers rise, earn more and log 1 billion hours per week: Upwork

More people in the US are turning to freelance work, in a movement led by two groups: younger workers and those choosing to freelance on a full-time basis. Freelancing is growing faster than the traditional workforce, and freelancers are seeing their earnings rise.

That’s according to the fifth annual...

Kforce revenue rises 4% in third quarter, technology temp staffing revenue up

Technology temporary staffing helped fuel growth at Kforce Inc. (NASD: KFRC). Third-quarter revenue at the Tampa, Fla.-based professional staffing firm rose 4.2% year over year. Revenue came in below guidance; it had risen 5.4% in the second quarter.