Private equity firm TPG completes acquisition of travel nurse firm Medical Solutions

Private equity firm TPG Growth today closed on its acquisition Medical Solutions, an Omaha, Neb.-based nurse staffing firm, from Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Co. The deal was first announced May 8.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but the initial agreement called for Beecken Petty O'Keefe...

‘HR technology drives culture’; leaders look at tech and engagement in San Francisco

The importance of employee engagement — and the advantage corporate culture can bestow in the war for talent — were front and center of discussions at the HR Tech World conference yesterday in San Francisco.

“HR technology drives culture,” said Jason Averbook, CEO of LeapGen and master of ceremonies....

Third of lawyers to increase hiring in second half, Robert Half survey finds

Lawyers expect increased hiring for the legal field in the second half of 2017, according to a study released by Robert Half Legal. A third of lawyers interviewed, 33%, anticipate their law firms or companies will add legal jobs in the second half of the year, up from 25% who said the same thing six...

Social media candidate screening at record high, survey finds

The use of social media to screen candidates is at all-time high, according to CareerBuilder’s annual social media recruitment survey. It found 70% of employers use social media to screen candidates before hiring, up significantly from 60% last year.

More than half of employers, 54%, have found content...

Jobless claims average up, but initial claims drop by 8,000

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 243,000 last week, up 1,000 from the previous week’s unrevised average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor.

The four-week moving average decreases the volatility of...

Yoh’s president discusses roots and the staffing industry (Philly.com)

Emmett McGrath, president of Yoh Services, the 26th-largest US staffing firm, discusses his roots and the staffing industry in an interview with Philly.com. “For information technology, cybersecurity is becoming really big, but there’s not enough people certified in certain technologies,” McGrath...

Incorporating SOW into the CW program? Consider your engagement managers (CWS 3.0)

The biggest challenge when implementing statement-of-work spend into a contingent workforce program is having an effective change management strategy in place to help engagement managers with what will be a significant shift, Frank Enriquez wrote in a new CWS 3.0 article. Enriquez, CCWP, senior manager...

Erecruit merges with Bond International Software

Boston-based Erecruit Holdings LLC, a provider of enterprise software for staffing firms, is merging with staffing and recruitment software provider Bond International Software.

Private equity firm Symphony Technology Group, which acquired Bond in November, will become the majority owner of the combined...

Cross Country to acquire Advantage RN for $88 million

Cross Country Healthcare Inc. (NASD: CCRN) yesterday agreed to acquire Advantage RN for an aggregate purchase price of $88 million, subject to a post-closing working capital adjustment. The deal includes affiliates Advantage On Call LLC, Advantage Locums LLC and Advantage RN Local Staffing LLC.

Cross...

Former AMN Healthcare exec named president of PeopleReady

TrueBlue Inc. (NYSE: TBI) announced Sean Ebner joined the company as president of PeopleReady, effective immediately.

Ebner since March 2012 served as president of Staff Care, the locum tenens brand of AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AHS). Prior to joining Staff Care, Ebner led a division within Technisource,...