Peoplenet acquires technology startup Fyre

Peoplenet, an Atlanta-based timekeeping software firm, acquired staffing technology start-up firm Fyre.

The transaction closed March 10; terms were not disclosed.

Fyre’s technology connects staffing software platforms directly with vendor management systems, applicant tracking systems and job boards....

Chicago, south Florida firms report optimistic hiring plans for accounting/finance and IT

Human resources professionals and hiring managers in the greater Chicago and south Florida markets report the highest number of open positions within accounting, finance and information technology in almost a year, according to the second-quarter hiring forecast study conducted by staffing provider Brilliant...

2017 IT Staffing Benchmarking Survey now open

Staffing Industry Analysts has launched the 2017 IT Staffing Benchmarking Survey, designed to elucidate the trends and practices that are unique to this evolving industry segment.

This survey will improve visibility into the IT staffing market in the US by gathering data on volume and rates for 2015 and...

CEO optimism shows biggest increase since 2009 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg reports optimism among CEOs of some of the largest US companies jumped in the first quarter by the most since the economy was emerging from the last recession, as the outlook for sales, the labor market and investment brightened considerably. The Business Roundtable’s CEO Economic Outlook...

ManpowerGroup survey finds positive US hiring plans in Q2

US employers report the strongest second-quarter hiring outlook since 2009, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today by ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN).

Globally, employer hiring confidence for the second quarter is strongest in Taiwan, Japan, Slovenia, India, Hungary and...

Shareholder submits offer for Ciber

IT solutions and staffing provider Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR) on Monday received a preliminary, non-binding letter of interest from Ameri Holdings Inc. (OTC: AMRH) to acquire it for a mix of preferred securities and cash consideration.

Ameri Holdings values the deal at $0.75 per share of Ciber common stock....

Staffing employment essentially unchanged in 2016, ASA finds

US staffing companies employed an average of 3.21 million temporary and contract workers per week in 2016, essentially unchanged at a 0.3% decrease from 2015, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association. This was the second-highest number of staffing employees for any year since...

Agile workers to be ‘contributors’ instead of ‘employees’ by 2025, Randstad report finds

Traditional views about job security, employer commitment and paths to career growth are evolving, and many workers are embracing agile alternatives in addition to the traditional, full-time staff position, according to the Randstad Workplace 2025 study, the first in a series of research initiatives...

‘Nothing more permanent than a temporary worker’ — Staffing quote of the week

H-1B visas are temporary and subject to caps. But once here, the workers can try to obtain permanent status — and many do, Marta Tienda, a professor of demographer and sociology at Princeton University in New Jersey told The Christian Science Monitor in a story about President Trump’s plan to stop...

Does your staffing firm really exist? — The Staffing Stream

If a tree fell in the woods and no one heard it, would it make a sound?  The same conundrum applies to staffing firms, writes Jon Osborne in a The Staffing Stream blog post. Osborne, VP of strategic research, discusses the importance of being on Staffing Industry Analysts’ comprehensive annual...