IT job growth gets ‘respectable’ start in new year

The number of IT jobs in the US edged up 0.3% in January from December to almost 5.3 million, reported the TechServe Alliance, an association of IT and engineering staffing companies. Year over year, IT employment in the US rose by 3.86% in January, adding 195,600 IT jobs.

“IT employment grew a respectable...

Healthcare job growth in January slowest in three years

Healthcare gained only 18,000 jobs in January, the slowest monthly increase since January 2014, which marked the onset of the expanded coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act, according to the Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs released by the Altarum Institute’s Center for Sustainable...

No impact from recent announcement over 2009 Elance hacking (International Business Times)

The International Business Times reports that a hacker recently leaked 1.3 million accounts hacked back in 2009 from online staffing platform Elance onto an underground hacking forum. The newspaper's report included a statement from Upwork saying the affected accounts no longer exist and there is...

Lists of largest, fastest-growing staffing firms and more: Survey opens

The annual online survey to determine the largest and fastest-growing staffing company rankings and opportunity lists for 2017 is now open. Staffing Industry Analysts compiles and publishes the lists of staffing firms each year, based on this annual survey.

Widely distributed to both staffing buyers and...

Forecasters increase estimates of GDP growth in US

Forecasters increased their estimates for growth in US gross domestic product for this year as well as for 2018 and 2019, according to the first-quarter edition of the Survey of Professional Forecasters released today by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

For the full year 2017, forecasters now...

Canada adds 48,300 jobs in January

Canada added 48,300 jobs in January from December, building on gains observed in the latter part of 2016, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by Statistics Canada. The number of full-time jobs rose by 15,800 in January, following a significant increase in December; part-time jobs...

New ranking lists most attractive staffing markets worldwide

Ireland remains the most attractive staffing market for the third consecutive year, according to Staffing Industry Analysts’ new report, “Most Attractive Staffing Markets Globally 2017.” Ireland scored well across the criteria measured, particularly with regard to the low level of regulation on...

Tech job growth in Bay Area has rapidly decelerated (The Mercury News)

The technology industry’s job growth in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area region has dramatically decelerated, according to The (San Jose, Calif.) Mercury News’ analysis of figures released by state labor officials and Beacon Economics. The tech industry’s annual job growth throttled back...

People: ZRG, Korn Ferry, Star Staffing

Executive search firm ZRG Partners Inc. added three managing directors to the firm. Allen Brady is managing director in Seattle, and he is a member of the firm’s industrial practice and also adds sector depth to the West Coast aerospace and defense team. Jill Schofield is managing director and head...

Army taps six firms to provide physician staffing (GovCon Wire)

Six companies have won positions on a potential five-year, $48 million contract to provide temporary physician staffing services to the US Army, GovCon Wire reports. The Army Medical Command received 14 bids for the shared firm-fixed-price contract via an online solicitation. Contractors...