Dec. 20, 2019
Staffing Industry Analysts recently published its 2019 US Geographic Opportunity Atlas, designed to help staffing firms identify temporary staffing markets for potential expansion.
Updated SIA tool shows engineering hotspots
December 18, 2019
SIA recently published its 2019 US Geographic Opportunity Atlas, designed to help staffing firms identify temporary staffing markets for potential expansion.
Belcan acquires Base2 Solutions
December 18, 2019
Engineering consulting and staffing provider Belcan LLC acquired Base2 Solutions, a software and systems engineering consultancy to customers in highly regulated industries such as aerospace, defense and medical devices.
US officially requires electronic registration system for H-1B visa petitions
December 18, 2019
US Citizenship and Immigration Services will require electronic registration for those filing for H-1B petitions starting in the federal 2021 fiscal year.
QStride to be acquired by India-based blockchain, analytics, machine learning consultancy
December 18, 2019
QStride Inc., a Detroit-based provider of IT staffing, struck a deal to be acquired by Drisla Inc., a provider of consulting in blockchain, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Upwork’s 100 skills with fastest growth: ‘.NET Core’ tops list
December 19, 2019
The fastest-growing skill in the third quarter on Upwork Inc. (NASDAQ: UPWK) was “.NET Core,” an open-source development platform maintained by Microsoft.
Empresaria warns on profit as UK’s Brexit uncertainty hits engineering sector
December 19, 2019
Empresaria Group plc (AIM: EMR), the international specialist staffing group, warned of the ongoing impact of Brexit uncertainty on its engineering sector and a slowdown in its German automotive sector.
Government rejects one-quarter of initial H-1B petitions
December 19, 2019
US Citizenship and Immigration Services denied 24% of H-1B petitions for initial employment through the third quarter of federal fiscal year 2019, up from 6% in fiscal year 2015.
‘Perk fatigue’ is causing talent to take a deeper look — The Staffing Stream
December 19, 2019
A global work/life report found that in markets around the world, candidates are looking beyond the perk talk, Ian Tyler is chief strategy officer and employer brand expert for Talent, wrote in a The Staffing Stream blog post. They are delving deeper into the role and the company when assessing... More
Engineering employment shows renewed strength: TechServe Alliance
December 19, 2019
Engineering employment showed renewed strength in November compared to October, according to the TechServe Alliance, a trade association of the IT and engineering staffing and solutions industry.
What role should staffing play in addressing gender equality?
December 19, 2019
Janette Marx has seen tremendous progress on gender equality in the workplace in her 25 years in the staffing industry, the Airswift CEO writes in Staffing Industry Review magazine. However, some industries still have a way to go — a problem especially pronounced in the technical sectors her company... More