Infosys taps former Capgemini exec as CEO

IT services provider Infosys appointed Salil Parekh as CEO and managing director of the company, effective Jan. 2. He replaces U B Pravin Rao, who assumed the role on an iterim basis in August when Vishal Sikka resigned after a long-running feud with the company’s founders.

Rao will continue as COO...

Private equity acquires disaster restoration staffing firm Labor Source

Private equity firm Great Range Capital acquired Labor Source, a professional staffing company headquartered in Olathe, Kan. The investment team also included company management and The Bradley Family Office (Berks Group).

Brandon Sutherland, Labor Source’s founder, retains significant ownership in...

Gig economy can make it easier for some to evade child support (Governing)

Governing reported the gig economy along with the shift to contract work is making it easier for people to evade paying child support. States require employers to report new hires to a child support database to find people who owe child support, but not all states require reporting of independent contractors....

China’s ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing eyes Latin American market (China Daily)

Latin America is part of human cloud firm Didi Chuxing’s global expansion plans, China Daily reported. “Latin America is really relevant for China, that’s why we believe we can use our technology and experience to provide the same product in China and to our users in Latin America,” said Gu Tao,...

In tech: Firms pay up to $314,746 for AI engineers, Google adds job search tools, Entelo hires, press finds Twitter temp

Companies are investing $1.35 billion in talent with artificial intelligence expertise, Paysa reported, with the annual salary for an AI engineer of $314,746 at Uber. In other recent technology and staffing news, recruiting platform Entelo hired a former Google leader to head up AI work, Google updated...

Canada adds 79,500 jobs in November, unemployment hits lowest rate since 2008

Canada added 79,500 jobs in November from October to a total of more than 18.5 million jobs, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by Statistics Canada. The number of full-time jobs rose by 29,600 in November while part-time jobs rose by 49,900.

The unemployment rate fell to 5.9% in...

Truck drivers, retail supervisors among best jobs that don’t require degrees, CareerBuilder finds

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers and first-line supervisors of retail sales workers top CareerBuilder’s list of the most in-demand jobs for 2018 that do not require a college degree.

The list is comprised of occupations where the number of job ads companies post each month outpace the number...

Canadian employers may see employee churn in 2018

Employers across Canada should expect staff churn as business success in 2017 was not matched with permanent hiring or pay raises, according to data from the eighth annual Hays Canada Salary Guide. Survey results found employers appear to instead have an increasing appetite for hiring temporary and contract...

ISM manufacturing index dips in November, employment portion edges down

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in November but at a slower pace than October, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index for US manufacturing. November’s index reading was 58.2, down from October’s reading of 58.7.

Any reading above 50% generally...

People: The Delta Companies, MW Partners, ALKU, Staffing 360, Uber

The Delta Companies, one of the largest providers of healthcare staffing in the US, promoted DeLibra Wesley to the newly created position of executive VP of operations. Wesley most recently was the firm’s VP of risk management for almost four years.

MW Partners, a professional staffing resources company...