US nonmanufacturing economic index steady in January, employment accelerates

Economic activity in the US nonmanufacturing sector began 2017 at a slightly slower — but still strong — growth pace, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s non-manufacturing index released today.

ISM’s non-manufacturing index edged down in January to a reading of 56.5 from December’s...

People: Advanced Resources, Catapult Staffing, Russell Tobin and more

Advanced Resources, a Chicago staffing agency, named Patty Bogosh as director of corporate development to oversee the firm’s nationwide expansion. Bogosh previously served as managing director of the Chicago office. She was recently recognized in Staffing Industry Analysts’ inaugural Millennials...

Kelly’s Q4 revenue falls 10%, but decline is 4% adjusting for APAC deal

Kelly Services Inc. (NASD: KELYA) revenue fell 10.1% in constant currency in the fourth quarter and was down 10.8% as reported. In Kelly’s US operations, revenue fell 4.2%.

Revenue comparisons were unfavorably affected by both an additional week of revenue in fourth quarter 2015 and the transfer of...

MSP and RPO provider Pontoon names COO, realigns operations

Pontoon, the global HR outsourcing brand for Adecco Group, announced a new COO and other executive changes as well as a realignment of its global operations model around the concepts of “global” and “total talent,” breaking away from operating silos of “MSP” and “RPO.”

As part of the new...

Elwood Staffing acquires commercial staffing firm Swanson Staffing

Columbus, Ind.-based Elwood Staffing acquired Swanson Staffing, a commercial staffing firm serving northern Indiana and parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Swanson Staffing served clients in the light industry arena, much like Elwood. The acquisition includes three Swanson Staffing branch offices in Indiana...

Job boards not dead, their evolving role remains important to staffing

Reports of job boards’ death have been greatly exaggerated. They remain an important — and evolving — tool for staffing firms.

“Job boards is always an important topic for staffing firms to consider,” said John Nurthen, executive director of global research at Staffing Industry Analysts. “Job...

Jobless claims average up but initial claims fall by 14,000

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 248,000, last week, up 2,250 from the previous week’s revised average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor. The previous week’s average was revised up by 250.

The...

Wells Fargo grants Ciber more time to strike deal, pay back loan (Denver Business Journal)

IT solutions and staffing provider Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR) has a little more time to strike an M&A deal or pay off a Wells Fargo & Co. credit line, but the terms of its extension don’t look easy, the Denver Business Journal reports. The Greenwood Village, Colo.-based company had until Jan. 31...

Contracted: The end of employees (The Wall Street Journal)

The outsourcing wave that moved apparel-making jobs to China and call-center operations to India is now just as likely to happen inside companies across the US and in almost every industry, The Wall Street Journal reports. For companies, the biggest allure of replacing employees with contract workers...

Agent of change (CWS 3.0)

Odds are, you are a change agent, someone who indirectly or directly influences organizational evolution and most often brings about improvements to business processes, procedure or products. And as anyone who has ever struggled to keep a New Year’s resolution can tell you, following through on a personal...