IT hiring to increase in first half but staffing challenges exist: Robert Half Technology

Many technology teams will be growing in the first half of 2019, but staffing challenges exist, according to Robert Half Technology’s State of US Tech Hiring research, released today. Sixty-three percent of IT hiring decision makers polled plan to expand the size of their teams by adding full-time...

Spending on project-based IT services and training to increase: TEKsystems

Organizations expect to increase spending on project-based IT services and training but maintain their spend on outsourcing and talent-based services, according to TEKsystems’ annual IT Forecast Survey. However, organizations will look externally for managed project and training and professional development...

BelFlex acquires North Carolina staffing firm

BelFlex Staffing Network, a light industrial staffing agency, acquired Cape Fear Staffing in Fayetteville, NC.

The location expands BelFlex’s footprint in the region, which has offices in Raleigh-Durham, Sanford, Clayton and Winston-Salem, NC; and Greenville, SC.

The transaction closed Dec. 7; terms...

Half of nurses surveyed considered leaving field, struggles persist with burnout

Burnout, overwork and harassment affected nurses and impact patient care in 2018, due in large part to the national nurse shortage, according to research released by travel nurse staffing provider RNnetwork.

The study found nearly half of all respondents, 49%, have considered leaving nursing in the past...

Canadian employers expect slow-but-steady job gains: ManpowerGroup

Canadian employers expect slow-but-steady gains in employment, according to the first-quarter Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, released by ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN). Canadian organizations plan to add staff across all 10 industry sectors in the first quarter.

The Canada survey found 14% of employers...

Hiring stable or trending upward in Q1, Express survey finds

Businesses are reporting a positive outlook for the job market in the first quarter of 2019, according to a hiring trends survey released today by Express Employment Professionals.

The survey found 53% of respondents expect the job market to stay the same in the first quarter, 38% see it trending upward...

Google temps pose ‘significant risks,’ internal training document says (The Guardian)

The Guardian reports temporary staff at Google are seen as “significant risks,” according to a leaked internal training document that shows how Google employees are trained to treat temps, vendors and contractors, or TVCs. Google staff are instructed not to reward certain workers with perks...

Defunct startup Sidecar hits Uber with antitrust suit (San Francisco Chronicle)

Uber Technologies Inc. used illegal practices to stifle competition and obtain a monopoly that drove a smaller rival out of business, a company affiliated with now-defunct ride-hailing pioneer Sidecar alleges in a federal antitrust lawsuit filed Tuesday. According to the San Francisco Chronicle...

US employers report strongest hiring outlook in 12 years: ManpowerGroup

US employers report their strongest hiring intentions in 12 years, according to the first-quarter Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, released by ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN).

The US ranked among the strongest outlooks for hiring among the 44 countries surveyed in the report. Other countries with solid...

Adecco appoints exec to oversee online staffing businesses

The Adecco Group appointed Teppo Paavola as chief digital officer and a member of the executive committee, effective Jan. 14, 2019. 

Paavola will oversee the Adecco Group’s portfolio of digital businesses, including Adia, a platform launched in 2017 that enables employers to request...