April 5, 2018
SIA recently released its North American Staffing Mergers & Acquisitions 2018 Update report which tracks annual transactions, both in aggregate and by individual staffing segment. The number of publicly announced staffing M&A transactions in North America jumped 28% year-over-year from 69 in 2016 to 88 in 2017.
IT staffing M&A activity remains steady
April 3, 2018
SIA recently released its North American Staffing Mergers & Acquisitions 2018 Update report which tracks annual transactions, both in aggregate and by individual staffing segment. The number of publicly announced staffing M&A transactions in North America jumped 28% year-over-year from 69 in... More
On Assignment changes name to ASGN after closing $775M acquisition of ECS
April 3, 2018
Professional staffing firm ASGN Inc. (NYSE: ASGN) – formerly operating as On Assignment – completed its $775 million acquisition of government services contractor ECS Federal LLC. Concurrent with the acquisition, On Assignment changed its name to ASGN Inc. to better reflect the combined company’s... More
Yoh expands IT specialty staffing practice with acquisition of German firm GECO Deutschland
April 3, 2018
Technology staffing firm Yoh acquired GECO Deutschland, a Hamburg, Germany-based specialty IT recruitment firm. Yoh reported the acquisition expands its IT specialty staffing practice area internationally.
Volt revenue falls in fiscal Q1; firm hires former Randstad exec as president of Volt Workforce Solutions
April 3, 2018
Volt Information Sciences Inc. (NYSE MKT: VISI) reported net revenue fell 19.1% in its fiscal first quarter ended Jan. 28. And in a conference call with investors, Volt said it hired former Randstad exec Linda Perneau as president of Volt Workforce Solutions, effective May 26.
MarTech CMOs, digital marketing VPs highest paid; UX designer/developers, marketing automation managers most in-demand
April 3, 2018
Chief marketing officer and VP of digital marketing rank as the highest-paying marketing technology jobs, according to Mondo, a New York-based IT and digital marketing staffing provider.
Infosys delisting shares from Paris and London stock exchanges but stays on NYSE
April 3, 2018
Infosys (NYSE: INFY), a global IT services and outsourcing provider, in March announced it intends to voluntarily delist its American Depositary Shares from the Euronext Paris and Euronext London stock exchanges.
H-1B filing period opens
April 3, 2018
The filing period for H-1B visas — temporary work visas for highly skilled foreign workers — began Monday for the upcoming 2019 federal fiscal year.
IT project challenges facing businesses — The Staffing Stream
April 3, 2018
As technology departments continue to identify and adapt into its new role within the enterprise, there seems to be equally as many new challenges arising as there are solutions, Seth Burr writes in a The Staffing Stream blog post. Burr, COO and co-founder at LABUR, discusses four of the biggest... More
People: Genuent, MDI, Frank Recruitment Group and more
April 3, 2018
Several IT staffing firms announced personnel changes and additions.
The Best Staffing Firms to Work For
April 3, 2018
SIA announced the winners of the “2018 Best Staffing Firms to Work For” competition during the Staffing Industry Executive Forum North America in Miami Beach, Fla. Staffing Industry Review reports on the grand prize winners of the contest – firms from... More