Healthcare IT contingent hiring to increase, TEKsystems survey finds

Healthcare IT leaders expect to increase contingent IT hiring this year, according to a TEKsystems’ healthcare IT survey. Half of healthcare IT leaders, 50%, plan to increase contingent IT hiring — up from 44% who planned to do so in 2016. The survey also found 32% plan to keep temporary hiring the...

Staffing firm settles EEOC discrimination suit for $24,500

United Staffing Associates LLC, a Visalia, Calif.-based staffing agency, will pay $24,500 to settle a charge of retaliatory discrimination filed with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced. With the settlement, United Staffing Associates avoided litigation without admitting...

Jobless claims average edges up, initial claims rise less than forecast

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance edged up to 245,250, last week, up 500 from the previous week’s average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor. The previous week’s average was revised upward by 500.

The four-week...

Labor secretary nominee backs out; short list of who could take role (CNBC)

CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder withdrew his nomination ahead of his confirmation hearing amid mounting bipartisan opposition. Puzder did not specify why he dropped out but noted that he made the decision "after careful consideration and discussions with my family." CNBC provides a list of...

Gig economy platforms are creating a new class of entrepreneurs (Entrepreneur)

Gig work, whether in preference over corporate jobs or because full-time work is lacking, is absorbing an ever-growing portion of the labor force. Entrepreneur reports rethinking how we define a job is leading to a new wave of small-scale entrepreneurship and business growth with powerful new opportunities....

Being strategic about adding SOW spend to a CW program will reap benefits (CWS 3.0)

Too many times, SOW spend management is added to a program for short-term, tactical reasons without a strategic vision in mind or understood, writes Stephen Clancy, Staffing Industry Analysts’ director of contingent workforce strategies and research, in a CWS 3.0 article. The reasons for this are numerous...

On Assignment revenue up 7.5%

On Assignment Inc. (NYSE: ASGN) reported revenue rose 7.5% in the fourth quarter to $620.9 million, led by the Apex division, which accounted for 76.7% of total revenue and posted 9.6% year-over-year growth.

Net income also rose 24.3% at the Calabasas, Calif.-based firm; however, gross margin narrowed....

Leadership lessons from the White House — Executive Forum

What are the key leadership lessons from the White House? Presidential historian and Pulitzer-prize winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin spoke today at the Staffing Industry Executive Forum North America about 10 key leadership traits of past presidents in a morning keynote presentation.

Goodwin concentrated...

Report finds North American recruiting firms optimistic, two-thirds to add staff in 2017

2017 looks like a banner year for the staffing industry in comparison to last year, according to Bullhorn Inc.’s 2017 North American Staffing & Recruiting Trends Report: Above and Beyond Business as Usual. Bullhorn, a Boston-based staffing software provider, based the report on a survey of agency...

ManpowerGroup to acquire Ciber Spain

ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) agreed to purchase the Spanish business of IT solutions and staffing provider Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR). It is the most recent of several sales of Ciber’s European assets.

According to a Ciber Inc. filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Ciber Inc. subsidiary Consultant...