Health Carousel to pay $9.25 million to resolve visa fraud allegations

Health Carousel agreed to pay $9.25 million and pledged an additional $8 million for healthcare projects to resolve a federal investigation over visa fraud, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio announced. 

The Cincinnati-based healthcare staffing firm allegedly submitted false...

LRS Healthcare invests in Staffing Engine

LRS Healthcare, a healthcare staffing firm based in Omaha, Nebraska, announced an investment in Staffing Engine, a recruiting acceleration platform based in Boulder, Colorado.  

Founded in 2020, Staffing Engine enables staffing firms to increase productivity using conversational bots. The investment...

Consumer confidence unchanged in March amid anxiety about economic outlook

Consumer confidence in the US was “essentially unchanged” in March following a decline in February amid rising anxiety about the economy's outlook, The Conference Board reported today. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index now stands at a reading of 104.7 (1985=100), a decline from a downwardly...

Guarding your future: Cybersecurity and risk in the staffing industry

Machine learning can make staffing firms significantly more efficient. Unfortunately, it also makes them more vulnerable to cybercriminals and hacks.

That was the message of Neil Khatod, chief information security officer Americas and the chief of veterans outreach for Hays, who spoke at SIA’s Staffing...

ShiftPixy to acquire northern California-based staffing provider

ShiftPixy Inc. (NASDAQ: PIXY) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire an unnamed provider of human capital in Northern California.  

The company to be acquired has a “strong” market presence in Northern California and an annual revenue run rate of $58 million, according to ShiftPixy....

Impellam names new leader for SRG North America

Impellam Group named Patrick Stedman to the newly created role of senior VP of SRG in North America effective March 11. SRG is the global staffing firm’s engineering and science brand. 

Impellam Group and HeadFirst Group officially joined together this month in a transaction that values the issued...

90% of tech executives hire freelancers for high-stress periods

Nearly all tech executives, 90%, turn to freelancers during high-stress periods, according to the Fiverr industry report released today. Meanwhile, despite the ongoing AI revolution, tech companies nationwide maintain optimism about integrating artificial intelligence into their operations.  

The...

Renewable energy to generate 10 million new jobs: SIA

Employment in the renewable energy industry is set to surge, according to a new report by SIA. The industry will add close to 10 million new jobs globally over the next seven years. Demand for workers is being driven by ongoing government and private-sector support for renewable energy, and firms are...

Job Mobz acquires passive candidate platform

Job Mobz, a San Francisco-based provider of recruitment process outsourcing, acquired Before You Apply, a platform in the passive candidate sourcing, corporate transparency and employment branding sectors.

Founded in 2020, Before You Apply enables job seekers to make informed decisions by exploring alignment...

Jackson Healthcare launches new firm, tech suite includes MSP and VMS

Jackson Healthcare announced the launch of Venn, a suite of workforce management and optimization solutions. The tools include a vendor management system and managed service provider, solutions for resource planning and consulting, float pool management, advanced scheduling and transition management....