New year, new IT staffing business management strategies

November 22, 2021

To stay competitive in today's vibrant business conditions, IT staffing firms should look ahead and identify strategies to improve business in 2022. This month's newsletter looks at ways IT staffing firms can strengthen their business in the new year.

IT job postings up 39% in third quarter; Jacksonville, Florida, posts fastest growth

November 22, 2021

IT job postings in the third quarter were up 39% year over year, according to the “Q3 Tech Job Report” from IT jobs website Dice. 

IT employment remains flat, tech talent shortage ‘hurting companies’

November 22, 2021

As expected, IT employment remained flat in October, according to newly released data from the TechServe Alliance, the national trade association of the IT and engineering staffing and solutions industry.

ECS names new president, promotes others to VP roles

November 22, 2021

ECS announced that COO John Heneghan will take over as the company’s president following George Wilson’s retirement at the end of 2021.

Cybersecurity most in-demand skill; businesses face ‘triple whammy’ of talent challenges: Harvey Nash

November 22, 2021

Cybersecurity ranked as the most in-demand skill in the US followed by DevOps and big data/analytics, according to the “Digital Leadership Report” released by IT staffing provider Harvey Nash Group and CIO network CIONET.

Eliassen Group expands international footprint with acquisition of IT staffing provider Lightwell

November 22, 2021

Eliassen Group LLC, an IT and life sciences staffing firm, acquired Lightwell Inc., a provider of IT staffing and recruiting services.

Vaco acquires Boston-based Bay State Search

November 22, 2021

Vaco announced that it acquired Bay State Search, a Boston-based national talent acquisition and outsourcing firm.

Upskilling: Coding boot camps landing more grads in tech than top universities — The Staffing Stream

November 22, 2021

Research conducted by SwitchUp found that, on average, coding boot camp certificates and computer science degrees result in nearly identical in-field employment rates, Taylor Nichols writes in a Staffing Stream blog post.

Research conducted by SwitchUp found that, on average, coding boot camp... More

Work visa spouses gain automatic authorization

November 22, 2021

US Citizenship and Immigration Services will now give L-2 spouses automatic work authorization and they will no longer have to apply for a separate work permit before arriving in the US after the Biden administration reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed against the Department of Homeland... More

Building Black STEM talent by addressing specific systemic issues

November 23, 2021

Systemic racial issues in place for generations have led to Black STEM workers being among the least represented demographic in the workforce, writes Primary Talent Partners’ Chad Douglas in the latest issue of Staffing Industry Review magazine. He discusses what can be done to address this, from training... More