Average US weekly wage rises 4% in Q4, county in Silicon Valley posts highest wage

The US average weekly wage rose to $1,082 in the fourth quarter of 2015, up 4.4% when compared with the same quarter the prior year, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

California’s Santa Clara County, home to Silicon Valley, posted the highest average weekly wage among all large US county...

Work Market names Nielsen exec as CMO

Freelancer management system provider Work Market added Marcella (Marcy) Shinder to its leadership team as chief marketing officer.

Shinder most recently was CMO of Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN). Prior to Nielsen, she spent 18 years with American Express, holding multiple executive positions including...

Manhattan agency may be liable in wrongful death of celebrity real estate broker (New York Daily News)

Manhattan employment agency Axion LLC could be financially responsible for the wrongful death of celebrity real estate broker Linda Stein, who was murdered in 2007 by an assistant sent by the agency, the New York Daily News reports. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lucy Billings ruled real estate brokerage...

Independent workforce: Decline this year but growth expected in next five

In spite of a 5% decline in headcount this year, independent workers remain a powerful economic force, according to MBO Partners’ 2016 State of Independence in America report. Together, these Independents generate more than $1.1 trillion in annual income, equal to more than 6% of US GDP.

Over the next...

Fastaff, U.S. Nursing add exec

Healthcare staffing providers Fastaff LLC and U.S. Nursing Corp. announced Avi Khilnani joined the two companies as executive VP and will lead business development efforts. 

Fastaff provides travel nurse staffing while U.S. Nursing provides staffing during labor disputes.

Before Khilnani left...

Advanced Clinical expands clinical operations leadership

Advanced Clinical added two members to new positions on its clinical operations leadership team. The Deerfield, Ill.-based clinical development organization provides global services, including clinical staffing.

Advanced Clinical appointed Cheryle Evans to senior VP, clinical and medical operations, effective...

Midsize companies struggle to find recruitment ‘sweet spot,’ survey finds

Midsize companies struggle to find the sweet spot in recruitment, according to the Recruitment Sweet Spot survey released today by Beyond and Red Branch Media.

Twenty-four percent of midsize companies reported they lack budgets for advertising, 28% said they lack budgets for compensation negotiation and...

Uber adds app features for drivers (TechCrunch)

Uber rolled out new app features for drivers on its new driver-focused “Behind the Wheel” blog, TechCrunch reports.

Lyft CBO on millennials and corporate travel: ‘Attitudinal shift’ — Staffing quote of the week

“I would definitely say that there is a shift in attitudes, and we are seeing that predominately out of the millennial generation,” said David Baga, Lyft's chief business officer, in a discussion on Bloomberg West about Lyft's focus on corporate travel. “In the next four years they are going...

AMN buys medical coding firm Peak Health Solutions

AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AHS), the largest US healthcare staffing firm, acquired health information management services company Peak Health Solutions.

Peak Health Solutions provides remote medical coding and consulting solutions to hospitals and physician medical groups nationwide. The company...