Colombia will need 53,000 IT professionals by next year (staffingamericalatina)

A study estimates Columbia will need 53,000 information technology professionals by 2018, staffingamericalatina reported. Areas that are demanding more professionals are systems and telecommunications engineering, computer engineering and software engineering.

Job-matching platform Leap.ai lands $2.4 million in funding (VentureBeat)

Leap.ai, a job-matching platform that uses artificial intelligence to match job seekers with employers, announced it launched this week and has closed a $2.4 million seed funding round, VentureBeat reported. The company, founded by Richard Liu and Yunkai Zhou, also launched today and reports it has 50...

Novation acquires healthcare staffing firm in $24 million deal

Novation Companies Inc. (OTC: NOVC) emerged from bankruptcy and acquired Healthcare Staffing Inc., HCS, an Atlanta-based healthcare staffing provider from Butler America. Novation paid $24 million for HCS, subject to adjustment, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The...

Robert Half survey finds top barriers to bringing in tech talent; not meeting salary demands heads list

What are the top barriers to firms bringing in technology talent? The most common is not meeting salary demands, according to a survey of CIOs by Robert Half Technology.

It was cited by 44% of the more than 2,500 CIOs surveyed in the US. The next most-common was not finding enough qualified applicants,...

Firm with focus on gig economy worker benefits lands $23.5 million in series B funding

Stride Health, a firm that matches independent gig economy workers with benefits, announced a $23.5 million series B funding round. The capital will go to expanding the San Francisco-based company’s benefit offerings. The firm aims to give independent workers similar benefits to traditionally employed...

ASA staffing index reaches highest value so far this year

The American Staffing Association’s staffing index rose to a reading of 96.74 in the week of Aug. 7 to Aug. 13, marking the highest value so far this year. Staffing employment was up 1.43% compared to the same week last year.

The index’s four-week moving average rose to 96.30, surpassing a value of...

Randstad data on redefining STEM — Quote of the week

“The term ‘STEM’ needs a rebrand and awareness campaign to get the next generation of talent excited about pursuing these careers,” said Alan Stukalsky, chief digital officer for Randstad North America, in a comment on a Randstad study to find motivations, beliefs and perspectives of STEM-related...

Challenging H-1B trends seen for employers (Lexology)

Trends have emerged that pose challenges for employers bringing in workers on H-1B visas, writes Cole Heyer of law firm Greenberg Traurig in Lexology. H-1B visas are used to bring in skilled workers on a temporary basis, but US Citizenship and Immigration Service is challenging visa petitions at the...

Full list of fastest-growing staffing firms and interviews now online

The full list of the 2017 fastest-growing staffing firms is now online and available to the public along with interviews of the top 10 fastest-growing staffing firms. Here is the link.

To qualify for the list, companies needed to have had at least $1 million in revenue in 2012 and have recorded a compound...

ADP rejects hedge fund’s proposed board nominees

ADP (NASD: ADP) unanimously voted not to nominate three proposed board candidates from hedge fund Pershing Square Capital for election at the company’s 2017 annual meeting. The provider of PEO, payroll processing and other services made the announcement today.

Pershing Square, led by Bill Ackman, had...