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Jobless claims average fall, initial claims at 42-year low

April 14, 2016

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to 265,000 last week, down 1,500 from the previous week’s average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor. The average for the previous week was revised slightly downward....


WorkFusion robot startup automating corporate jobs — Web

April 14, 2016

Tech Insider reports crowdsourcing platform WorkFusion is striving to land a chunk of a $5 trillion to $7 trillion opportunity for the automation of knowledge work.


‘Must have’ career readiness competencies for grads

April 14, 2016

Employers deemed four career readiness competencies — critical thinking/problem solving, professionalism/work ethic, teamwork and communications skills — to be between “essential” and “absolutely essential” in the college graduates they are looking to hire, according to a survey conducted...


Physicians generate $1.6 million a year for hospitals, survey finds

April 13, 2016

A single physician generates an average $1,560,688 a year in net revenue on behalf of his or her affiliated hospital, according to the Physician Inpatient/Outpatient Revenue Survey released by Merritt Hawkins, the physician search division of AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AHS). This is up from...


Learning agility is top grad attribute, according to survey

April 13, 2016

Learning agility is the top attribute companies look for in college graduates, however, it is also a top skills gap, according to a survey of business executives released today by Futurestep, a division of Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY).

The survey asked business executives what the top attribute they look for...


California’s advanced energy industry jobs up 18%

April 13, 2016

Employment in California’s advanced energy industry increased at six times the statewide employment growth rate, according to a report released by the Advanced Energy Economy Institute. Advanced energy employed an estimated 508,000 Californians in 2015, an increase of 18% over 2014 compared to the...


Caldwell Partners revenue up 27.5%

April 13, 2016

The Caldwell Partners (TSX: CWL.TO), a Toronto-based executive search firm with operations in Canada, the US and Europe, reported revenue rose 27.5% year over year to C$15.1 million (US$11.2 million) in its fiscal second quarter ended Feb. 29.

  Q2 2016 (C$ 000s) Q2 2015 (C$ 000s) %...


Petitions for H-1B workers edge up, exceed cap

April 13, 2016

The number of petitions for H-1B visas edged up 1.3% this year to 236,000, again exceeding the annual cap on available visas within the first week petitions were accepted, according to numbers released by US Citizenship and Immigration Services. Last year the number of petitions rose 35% to nearly 233,000...


Alliance Resource Group acquires search firm

April 13, 2016

Alliance Resource Group, an Irvine, Calif.-based staffing firm targeting the finance and accounting sector, acquired executive search firm The Bennett Group.

The acquisition complements and enhances ARG’s current services as The Bennett Group is also headquartered in Southern California and serves the...


PageGroup gross profit rises 3.6% in constant currency

April 12, 2016

International specialist recruitment firm Michael Page International plc reported gross profit rose 3.6% in constant currency to £142.4 million (US$204.9 million) in its fiscal first quarter ended March 31.

(£ millions) Q1 2016 Q1 2015 % change Constant currency % Q1 2016 (US$millions) ...