April 6, 2017

IT Staffing Report

Competition for IT talent is fierce. Staffing Industry Analysts’ recently released report, Successful IT Recruiting Strategies, addresses the talent shortage in this area and how staffing firms can respond.

Successful IT recruiting strategies

April 4, 2017

Competition for IT talent is fierce. Staffing Industry Analysts’ recently released report, Successful IT Recruiting Strategies, addresses the talent shortage in this area and how staffing firms can respond.


Staffing firms using H-1B workers to get extra scrutiny

April 4, 2017

Staffing firms using H-1B visas will come under extra scrutiny in a program to fight visa fraud, according to an announcement on Monday by US Citizenship and Immigration Services.


CDI’s strategic alternatives include possible sale

April 4, 2017

CDI Corp. (NYSE: CDI), a Philadelphia-based provider of IT and engineering staffing, initiated a process to explore strategic alternatives, including the potential sale of the company.


Highlands Ventures acquires Chicago-based IT staffing provider

April 4, 2017

Chicago-based private equity firm Highlands Ventures LLC acquired Geneva Technical Services LLC, an IT consulting and staffing services firm also headquartered in Chicago.


Yoh acquires Silicon Valley firm ERG

April 4, 2017

Yoh acquired Embedded Resource Group Inc., a Silicon Valley-based specialty IT engineering recruitment firm, effective March 31.


US adds 182,220 tech jobs

April 4, 2017

The US technology industry added 182,220 jobs in 2016 for an estimated total of 6.9 million jobs, according to a report released by CompTIA.


Ciber Germany files for insolvency, impacts sale to Allgeier

April 4, 2017

Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR) reported in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that its Ciber Germany division on March 30 filed an insolvency proceeding in Cologne, Germany.


How working with a staffing firm can jump-start a tech career — The Staffing Stream

April 4, 2017

Unless you are acquiring cutting edge skills or making an effort to tackle increasingly difficult and complex projects, your tech career might stall out. Ben Thakur, the principal of eTeam Inc., in a The Staffing Stream blog post discusses how working as a professional contractor through a technical... More


MDI Group names CSO

April 4, 2017

IT staffing provider MDI Group named Rob Persiano as chief sales officer.


Hackathon addresses staffing case studies

April 4, 2017

Attendees at Staffing Industry Analysts’ Executive Forum in San Diego, Calif., presented innovative solutions to solve two fictional case studies of contingent workforce challenges at the “Profitability Maximization Hackathon."