Brightfield names Ron Mester as CEO

Brightfield Strategies announced Ron Mester will serve as CEO, a new role at the firm, effective Aug. 1. Brightfield Strategies is a partner with Staffing Industry Analysts and consults with Fortune 500 companies on contingent workforce strategy initiatives.

Brightfield’s co-founder Jason Ezratty will...

Health Carousel names chief nursing officer

Healthcare staffing provider Health Carousel named Earl Dalton as chief nursing officer, a new position within the firm.

Dalton most recently was director of emergency services at TriHealth Health System. Prior to joining TriHealth in 2011, he was executive director of nursing at Stamford Health System...

Judge awards $179,000 in Louisiana staffing firm discrimination case

A federal judge ruled in favor of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its gender discrimination lawsuit against a Louisiana staffing firm, the federal agency announced Monday. The EEOC had charged that Workplace Staffing Solutions LLC, which operates an office in Gulfport, Miss., violated...

Layoffs serve as reminder — Staffing quote of the week

“Obviously, any one firm doesn’t indicate a shift in overall employment, but it’s a reminder of how important that sector is to us, how sensitive the Inland Empire economy is to those jobs, and a reminder that we have to stay attractive as a region and a workforce to the warehouse and logistics...

Beyond Uber and Airbnb: Why the gig economy should matter to you (The Staffing Stream)

The gig economy now has its foot firmly in the door of small and large businesses globally, and more all the time, writes Staffing Industry Analysts’ Subadhra Sriram in a The Staffing Stream blog post. And it’s not just the buyer side that is noticing. Sriram discusses reports that find staffing...

List ranks largest IT staffing firms in US by revenue

Allegis’ TEKsystems division ranks as the largest supplier of IT temporary staffing in the US with a 12% market share, according to Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2016 list of largest IT staffing firms in the US released last week. On Assignment ranks No. 2 with a market share of 6% and Insight Global...

Employment trends steady, NABE survey finds

The National Association for Business Economics’ June 2016 business conditions survey indicates job gains were more common than job losses in the second quarter, but plans for the third-quarter hiring eased from three months ago.

“The results of the most recent NABE Business Conditions Survey are...

Hudson revamps Asia-Pacific tech infrastructure (CIO)

Hudson Global Inc. (NASD: HSON), a global staffing provider based in New York, is saving up to $700,000 annually in operating expenditure as a result of a refresh of its IT infrastructure, CIO reports. Asia-Pacific IT director Brett Reedman initiated “Project Tiger” to simplify and consolidate the...

Vaco buys staffing firm in Richmond, Va.

Staffing provider Vaco acquired Richmond, Va.-based staffing firm Momentum Resources.

The transaction was announced today; terms were not disclosed.

The Momentum Resources brand will fold into Vaco. Momentum’s founding partners, Whitney Forstner and Tanya Cummings, will remain with Vaco Richmond in consulting...

General Employment formally adopts GEE Group brand

General Employment Enterprises Inc. (NYSE MKT: JOB) formally changed its name to GEE Group Inc. to facilitate its focus on the IT and professional sectors. Shareholders approved the name change at the company’s annual meeting of shareholders on July 12. The Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based staffing firm...