Job candidates’ top priorities shifting, Futurestep survey finds

Companies face fierce competition to find qualified candidates, and the top priorities of those candidates is shifting, according to a global survey released today by Futurestep.

The top reason candidates choose one job over another today is “company culture,” survey respondents reported. Five years...

Supreme Court to look into class-action waivers (Reuters)

The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to look into the enforceability of class action waivers in employment contracts that require workers to sign away their rights to court trials, instead having them handled through arbitration, Reuters reported. Nearly 40% of businesses use such waivers, but some...

LaSalle Network founder discusses hiring and firing (Forbes)

LaSalle Network founder Tom Gimbel explains why it took him eight years to fire a problem employee and what he learned from his own divorce in a Q&A with Forbes. LaSalle Network, a recruiting and staffing firm headquartered in Chicago, has four offices in Illinois, one in San Francisco, and plans...

Shiftgig raises $20 million

Shiftgig, an on-demand labor marketplace, raised another $20 million in Series C financing. Shiftgig plans to use the investment to accelerate sales and marketing operations and drive product innovation.

The funding round brings the company’s total capital raised to $56 million and supports its aggressive...

Infosys revenue up 6%, outlook pared for fiscal year

Infosys’ (NYSE: INFY) revenue rose 6.0% year over year to $2.55 billion in US dollars in its fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31. The increase was 7.3% in constant currency. Net profit also rose at the global IT services and outsourcing provider.

However, the company again revised its consolidated revenue...

ADP acquires The Marcus Buckingham Company

Automatic Data Processing Inc. (NASD: ADP) acquired The Marcus Buckingham Company, a human capital management company. The deal brings ADP clients a more scientific approach to employee engagement and performance.

TMBC’s cloud-based performance and talent management solution, StandOut, couples applications...

iWorkGlobal, Nelson Compliance merge

iWorkGlobal expanded its offerings to include both domestic and international services in a merger with Nelson Compliance, effective this month. Both firms provide a comprehensive suite of compliance and international workforce solutions.

Previously, iWorkGlobal and Nelson Compliance worked jointly, but...

HCL Technologies acquires Butler America Aerospace

HCL Technologies, one of India’s largest IT providers, acquired Butler America Aerospace for $85 million. The transaction closed Jan. 3.

Butler Aerospace has seven design centers and more than 900 engineers in the US. It provides engineering and design services in the areas of mechanical and structural...

Tech CEO: Industry needs to ‘step it up’ — Staffing quote of the week

“We have been beneficiaries, as an industry, of doing things cheaper than others at the same quality, and I think that that's no longer enough, Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka said in a Q&A with CNBC. “That with automation, with the need for innovation that businesses around the world have, we really...

Temp worker attacks hiring manager with meat cleaver (WFLA)

A temporary worker at a Winter Haven, Fla., restaurant was charged with attempted murder after deputies say he attacked the restaurant owner with a meat cleaver, WFLA reports. According to the report, the attack happened after the restaurant owner requested the worker’s identification in order to convert...