Counteroffers a stopgap retention strategy

Staff members who accept counteroffers typically leave the company in less than two years anyway, according to a survey by Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI).

Many companies are offering higher salaries to keep workers who state they plan to quit for a better job opportunity, but the research...

Canadian staffing index falls 4% year over year

The Canadian staffing index, which measures staffing activity in Canada, fell 4% in June on a year-over-year basis to a reading of 107.

“In June, the volume of billed hours appears roughly unchanged from last year after accounting for one fewer working day this year,” said Maxim Kupfer, research...

Booking.com's parent company invests $500 million in ride-sharing firm Didi Chuxing

Booking Holdings invested $500 million in Beijing-based human cloud, ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing, which Staffing Industry Analysts ranks as the second-largest B2C human cloud platform after Uber.

The deal was announced today and styled as a strategic partnership.

Booking Holdings is based in Norwalk,...

Google takes job search service to UK; opportunities, pressure for ecosystem

Google launched its job search service ‘Google Jobs’ yesterday in the UK. The artificial intelligence job search tool will show job postings from sites such as Reed, Gumtree, Guardian Jobs, Haymarket and Totaljobs.com.

The service will be similar to the US version of Google Jobs, which launched last...

More than 80% open to new jobs: Accounting Principals and Ajilon

More than 80% of full-time workers are actively seeking or passively open to new job opportunities, according to a survey released by specialty recruitment firms Accounting Principals and Ajilon.

The survey 26% of respondents are actively seeking new job opportunities and over half, 55% are...

BMW starts business to compete with Uber and Lyft in Seattle (The Seattle Times)

BMW is jumping into the human cloud business; its ReachNow subsidiary is launching a ride-hailing service in Seattle to compete with Uber and Lyft, The Seattle Times reported. However, the BMW drivers are employees of a firm called Ecoservice, which is contracting with ReachNow. Drivers will also be...

Web development-related gigs are growing fastest: Freelancer.com

Online staffing firm Freelancer.com reported jobs involving web development rank among the fastest-growing jobs on its platform. For example, the fastest-growing job category listed on the site was ASP, which stands for “active server pages,” with 54.8% growth in jobs, according to Freelancer.com’s...

Express Employment Professionals sales up 11% in first half

Express Employment Professionals reported sales rose to $1.71 billion in the first half of 2018, up 11% compared to the same period last year.

The company, which ranks No 7 on the list of largest US staffing firms, forecast sales of $3.57 billion by the end of the year.

The international staffing...

Oasis Outsourcing acquires PEO provider Aureon HR

Professional employer organization Oasis Outsourcing acquired Aureon HR, a Midwest-based PEO service provider and a subsidiary of Aureon. 

“In addition to significantly expanding our national client base, Aureon HR brings Oasis best-in-class HR expertise in the senior living industry, and yet another...

Some employees keep bosses out of the loop on side gigs

Employees don’t necessarily tell their employers about side gigs, according to a survey from Clutch, a B2B ratings and reviews company. It found 36% of workers have a side job, but as many as 25% of them don’t tell their managers at their main jobs.

And more workers may take side gigs, with 17% saying...