May 3, 2018
As market forces continue to pull demand and supply in opposing directions, we project US IT staffing revenue growth to remain largely unchanged. In SIA’s US Staffing Industry Forecast: April 2018 Update, we project IT, the largest professional staffing segment, to maintain a 4% annual growth rate in 2018.
Outlook stable for IT staffing firms
April 30, 2018
As market forces continue to pull demand and supply in opposing directions, we project US IT staffing revenue growth to remain largely unchanged.
DISYS acquires Pacific Northwest firm Xtreme Consulting Group
April 30, 2018
Digital Intelligence Systems LLC, or DISYS, announced it will acquire Xtreme Consulting Group, a Kirkland, Wash.-based provider of staffing and IT solutions.
Consulting Solutions International acquires Technical Resource Group
April 30, 2018
Consulting Solutions International announced it acquired Texas-based Technical Resource Group Inc., an IT staffing provider.
Private equity buys Phaidon International
April 30, 2018
Phaidon International, whose US operations ranked among the fastest-growing staffing firms, was acquired by Quilvest Private Equity. In addition, Phaidon founder Adam Buck will be stepping back.
Quess Corp appoints president of technology solutions
April 30, 2018
Quess Corp (QUESS:NSI), a Bengaluru, India-based staffing firm, appointed Pinaki Kar as president, technology solutions. Pinaki will oversee IT services business, IT staffing business, customer life cycle management and business process management in all geographies.
StevenDouglas acquires IT staffing firm Tallience
April 30, 2018
StevenDouglas, a national executive search firm headquartered near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., acquired IT staffing firm Tallience.
H-1B petitions decline despite reaching cap in first week
April 30, 2018
US Citizenship and Immigration Services reported the number of petitions for H-1B visas, used to bring in highly skilled temporary workers such as IT professionals, fell this year to 190,098, down from the 199,000 received last year and down from a peak of 236,000 received in 2016.
Take crowdsourced hiring seriously — The Staffing Stream
April 30, 2018
It’s time to consider how the staffing industry can not only use technology, but how they can harness technology to find better hires, faster, writes Matt Tant in a The Staffing Stream blog post. Tant, founder of the IT staffing firm HCTec, says the answer to this dilemma may lie in adopting the practice... More
Silicon Valley tech firm extends benefits to staffing firm workers (CNBC)
April 30, 2018
SurveyMonkey, an online survey tool, is working to extend company benefits not just to internal employees but contractors through third-party firms, including staffing firms, CNBC reported.
Firms help mothers return to work
April 30, 2018
Staffing firms, training companies and career websites have emerged with the mission of helping mothers return to the workforce. An article in Staffing Industry Review’s Online Showcase explains how they help connect workers with jobs, help with planning to help mothers back into the workforce, provide... More