Global Power 50 list of women in staffing nominations is open

The “Global Power 100 – Women in Staffing, the North America 50” list of the most powerful women in the North American staffing industry is being compiled by Staffing Industry Analysts for the second year in a row, and nominations are now being accepted.

The list will appear in November/December...

List ranks largest US retained search firms by revenue

Korn Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY) ranks as the largest retained search firm in the US in terms of retained search revenue last year, according to Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2016 report on the largest retained search firms. Spencer Stuart ranked second, followed by Heidrick & Struggles...

GEE Group reports revenue of $22 million for quarter

GEE Group (NYSE MKT: JOB) reported net revenue of approximately $22 million in its fiscal third quarter ended June 30. The increase is approximately $10.5 million from the third quarter of last year; however, the company has made several acquisitions over the past year that contributed to revenue. They...

Technology salaries go furthest in Austin and Seattle

Austin, Texas, and Seattle beat out San Francisco to offer the best technology salaries when factoring in the cost of living adjustment, according to Indeed’s global research institute, the Hiring Lab. Researchers looked at salary and cost of living data to figure out where technology jobs pay the...

Flexibility, work-life balance are top factors for parents

Flexibility and work-life balance are the most important factors when parents consider a job opportunity, according to FlexJobs, a job search website specializing in telecommuting, freelance, part-time and other flexible work opportunities. In its recent survey, work flexibility was cited by 84% of parents...

Lyft reportedly rebuffs acquisition approach from GM (The Information)

General Motors in recent weeks reportedly told human cloud firm Lyft that it was interested in acquiring the company, reports The Information, a Silicon Valley website. After soliciting other potential strategic acquirers, Lyft rebuffed GM’s approach and decided to raise a new funding round instead,...

Car companies face labor shortage in Mexico

The Wall Street Journal reports car manufacturers and parts suppliers that were attracted by Mexico’s plentiful and inexpensive labor are now poaching workers, paying bonuses and offering perks, chipping away at the country’s low-cost advantage. “We have a huge supply gap in Mexico that needs to...

Forecasters lower GDP, employment estimates for 2016

Forecasters lowered their estimate for US economic growth in the new third-quarter survey of professional forecasters released today by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The forecast for employment growth also receded.

US gross domestic product is now expected to grow 1.5% in 2016, down from a...

Healthcare job growth exceeds 12-month average in July

Healthcare gained 43,200 new jobs in July, slightly more than the 12-month average of 39,700 new jobs per month, according to the Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs released by the Altarum Institute’s Center for Sustainable Health Spending.

Strong growth in hospital hiring put the July figure...

Kforce chief marketing officer stepping down

Professional staffing firm Kforce Inc. (NASD: KFRC) Chief Marketing Officer Jeffrey Neal resigned from his position, effective on Aug. 31, according to a filing Thursday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Neal was promoted to the CMO position in March from his role as chief operations officer,...