Staffing 360 to ring Nasdaq opening bell

Staffing 360 Solutions Inc. (NASD: STAF) Executive Chairman Brendan Flood, together with President and CEO Matt Briand, will ring the Nasdaq opening bell on Monday.

Staffing 360 uplisted the company’s common stock to the Nasdaq Capital Market in September 2015. The firm’s stated goal is about $300...

People: Ayers, Active, Phillips and more

KellyOCG announced John Henriksen joined The Ayers Group as strategic sales manager. New York-based The Ayers Group, a career management firm and division of Kelly Services Inc. (NASD: KELYA), provides human resources consulting services that include career transition and executive coaching services....

Uber’s never-ending stream of lawsuits (CNNMoney)

In the US, there are more than 70 pending federal suits against the company and many more in state courts, CNNMoney reports. There are also battles taking places in governments and courts around the world. The article provides a rundown of the barrage of lawsuits Uber has been juggling from governments,...

RCM Technologies revenue up 0.2%

RCM Technologies Inc. (NASD GM: RCMT) — a provider of engineering, IT and healthcare staffing — reported revenue rose 0.2% in its fiscal second quarter ended July 2. Net income also increased.

IT job growth drops below 10,000, engineering job growth improves

The number of IT jobs in the US rose 0.2% in July from June to more than 5.1 million, reported the TechServe Alliance, an association of IT and engineering staffing companies. On a year-over-year basis, IT employment increased by 3.5%, adding 173,900 IT workers.

Growth for IT employment fell below 10,000...

Nearly a quarter of candidates lose interest within a week

Are you taking too long to hire? Stretching out the hiring process can cause companies to lose out on the best candidates, according to the “Time to Hire” survey released today by Robert Half (NYSE: RHI).

More than half of workers surveyed, 57%, reported the most frustrating part of the job search...

Jobless claims average up 3,000, but initial claims fall

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 262,750 last week, up 3,000 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 downward by 500.

The four-week...

Canadian job vacancies down 18% year over year in Q1

Canadian employers reported 328,000 job vacancies in the first quarter, Statistics Canada reported today. The number of job vacancies fell by 72,000, down 17.9%, from the first quarter of 2015.

The job vacancy rate — a measure of job openings compared with total employment — declined 0.5 percentage...

The gig is up: Real value of gig economy startups is supply, not model (Forbes)

Recently, the gig economy has drawn as much ire as it has excitement and cash from venture capital investors seeking the next Uber or Airbnb, TrueBridge Capital Partners reports in a Forbes article. But despite the criticisms and fears of oversaturation or underestimated challenges inherent in the gig...

The biggest threat to America’s jobs machine (CBSNews)

Despite a tepid and disappointing pace of GDP growth and an ongoing corporate earnings recession, payrolls have been on fire, CBSNews reports. New jobs have increased at an average of 273,500 over the last two months and consumers are responding with rising confidence. But those good feelings face a...