Engineering majors have highest projected starting salary at $69,188

Engineering majors from the class of 2019 have a projected average starting salary of $69,188, up 4% from last year and the highest of all majors, according to a report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Computer science graduates are projected to receive the second-highest starting...

AESC appoints new directors, announces 2019 officers

The Association of Executive Search Consultants appointed two new directors to its global board: Rodrigo Foz Forte, managing partner, EXEC – Executive Performance/Panorama, based in São Paulo; and Martin Schubert, partner, Eric Salmon & Partners, based in Frankfurt.

AESC Chair Paul Benson,...

Kelly Services sells its legal staffing business

Kelly Services (NASD: KELYA) sold its legal staffing business unit to Trustpoint.One. Kelly’s legal operations were branded as Kelly Legal Managed Services (formerly known as Kelly Law Registry), and the company had ranked seventh on Staffing Industry Analysts’ list of largest legal staffing firms...

Supreme Court: Trucking company cannot force arbitration in independent contractor case

The US Supreme Court ruled today that trucking company New Prime Inc. cannot force arbitration in a class-action case alleging it failed to pay lawful wages to independent contractor truck-driver apprentices.

This means legal disputes between carriers and independent contractors cannot be forced into...

Update Legal’s parent company buys eDiscovery firm

Driven Inc., a legal eDiscovery and data management solutions provider based in Fall Church, Va., acquired eDiscovery firm Omnivere.

Driven last year acquired Update Legal, the fourth-largest legal staffing firm in the US, and Driven CEO Ozzy Jimenez told Staffing Industry Analysts that the new acquisition...

Shutdown ‘really, really tough’ on government contract workers — Staffing quote of the week

Keith Polite, a contract worker at the National Museum of the American Indian in lower Manhattan, told CBS New York that the partial government shutdown is hitting him hard. “I’m always gonna be behind the 8-ball,” he said. “It’s frustrating when you’re suffering and it’s not even your...

62% of workers would relocate for a job, better pay top factor: Robert Half

Offering relocation benefits to job candidates could be a good move for employers, according to research released today by Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI). The survey found 62% of workers said they would consider moving for a position.

Respondents cited the following as the top factor in a...

Hays gross profit up 8%, Germany and ‘rest of world’ help fuel growth

Hays plc, the world’s sixth-largest staffing firms, reported net fees, or gross profit, rose 8% in its fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31. The UK-based firm cited strong growth in Germany, its largest market. Second-quarter gross profit rose 15% in Germany, where there were two additional trading...

PageGroup gross profit up 15%; foresees geopolitical uncertainty

PageGroup reported gross profit rose 15.4% in constant currency in its global staffing operations. In the US, gross profit rose 32%. However, the UK-based firm noted gross profit growth slowed in greater China due to tariff uncertainty. In Europe, the firm reported UK gross profit rose 2.1% in constant...

Democratic senators urge administration to provide back wages to contractors

A number of Democratic senators — including Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. — on Thursday sent a letter to Russell Vought, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, urging the administration to direct federal agencies to work with contractors to provide back...