Jan. 5, 2017
With all of the football games on display over the holidays, we were provided some clear examples of how leadership, strategy and execution combine to determine who achieves their goal and who falls short. Similarly, IT staffing is a collaborative endeavor, and in order to be successful all members of the team need to be on the same page — working from a common playbook, if you will. We aim to provide such a resource in the form of our recently published IT Staffing Growth Assessment 2016.
Get your playbook for the 2017 IT staffing season
January 2, 2017
With all of the football games on display over the holidays, we were provided some clear examples of how leadership, strategy and execution combine to determine who achieves their goal and who falls short. Similarly, IT staffing is a collaborative endeavor, and in order to be successful all members of... More
IT hiring in US to slow in first half of 2017, Robert Half survey finds
January 2, 2017
Chief information officers in the US plan to add fewer IT staff in the first half of 2017 than they planned to add in the second half of 2016, according to the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Forecast and Local Trend Report. Canadian CIOs also plan to hire fewer workers.
Private equity firm acquires Sonoma Consulting
January 2, 2017
Chicago-based private equity firm Highlands Ventures acquired Sonoma Consulting Inc., an IT consulting and executive search firm also headquartered in Chicago.
Two CDI shareholders call for evaluating strategic alternatives
January 2, 2017
Two shareholders in CDI Corp. (NYSE: CDI) called on the engineering and IT staffing provider to evaluate strategic alternatives, including a possible sale, and announced they intend to nominate independent directors for election at CDI’s 2017 annual meeting of shareholders.
IT workers’ wages to edge up 2.8%
January 2, 2017
Wage increases for IT jobs in recent years have been modest, and the coming year looks to be no different, according to the 2017 IT Salary Report released by Computer Economics. IT workers at the median will receive a pay raise in the neighborhood of 2.8%.
Temp Holdings invests in US-based coding boot camp
January 2, 2017
Temp Holdings Co. Ltd. is investing in Hack Reactor LLC, a coding boot camp based in San Francisco. The amount of the investment was not announced.
TEKsystems’ forecast finds 43% expect to increase contingent IT staff
January 2, 2017
The majority of IT leaders expect both their full-time and contingent workforce teams to grow or remain the same, according to TEKsystems’ annual IT Forecast research. However, just one-third expect to increase salaries in 2017.
Workplace trends for 2017: Talent acquisition execs, are you ready? — The Staffing Stream
January 2, 2017
Matthew McGregor, VP of client solutions at RPO provider Wilson HCG, discusses five hot workplace trends in the industry for 2017 in a The Staffing Stream blog post.
Disney IT workers file lawsuit (Bloomberg BNA)
January 2, 2017
A new lawsuit claims Walt Disney Parks and Resorts US Inc. discriminated against a class of IT employees by terminating them and outsourcing their work to contractors that employ workers with temporary visas.
Navigating the future — Staffing Industry Review
January 2, 2017
Since the Great Recession, it has been an ambitious journey for those of us in the staffing industry writes Ranjini Poddar, co-founder and CEO of Artech, in a Staffing Industry Review article. Poddar examines several factors that can hinder momentum and convey a negative perception of the staffing industry,... More