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Google takes job search service to UK; opportunities, pressure for ecosystem

July 18, 2018

Google launched its job search service ‘Google Jobs’ yesterday in the UK. The artificial intelligence job search tool will show job postings from sites such as Reed, Gumtree, Guardian Jobs, Haymarket and Totaljobs.com.

The service will be similar to the US version of Google Jobs, which launched last...


More than 80% open to new jobs: Accounting Principals and Ajilon

July 18, 2018

More than 80% of full-time workers are actively seeking or passively open to new job opportunities, according to a survey released by specialty recruitment firms Accounting Principals and Ajilon.

The survey 26% of respondents are actively seeking new job opportunities and over half, 55% are...


BMW starts business to compete with Uber and Lyft in Seattle (The Seattle Times)

July 18, 2018

BMW is jumping into the human cloud business; its ReachNow subsidiary is launching a ride-hailing service in Seattle to compete with Uber and Lyft, The Seattle Times reported. However, the BMW drivers are employees of a firm called Ecoservice, which is contracting with ReachNow. Drivers will also be...


Web development-related gigs are growing fastest: Freelancer.com

July 17, 2018

Online staffing firm Freelancer.com reported jobs involving web development rank among the fastest-growing jobs on its platform. For example, the fastest-growing job category listed on the site was ASP, which stands for “active server pages,” with 54.8% growth in jobs, according to Freelancer.com’s...


Express Employment Professionals sales up 11% in first half

July 17, 2018

Express Employment Professionals reported sales rose to $1.71 billion in the first half of 2018, up 11% compared to the same period last year.

The company, which ranks No 7 on the list of largest US staffing firms, forecast sales of $3.57 billion by the end of the year.

The international staffing...


Oasis Outsourcing acquires PEO provider Aureon HR

July 17, 2018

Professional employer organization Oasis Outsourcing acquired Aureon HR, a Midwest-based PEO service provider and a subsidiary of Aureon. 

“In addition to significantly expanding our national client base, Aureon HR brings Oasis best-in-class HR expertise in the senior living industry, and yet another...


Some employees keep bosses out of the loop on side gigs

July 17, 2018

Employees don’t necessarily tell their employers about side gigs, according to a survey from Clutch, a B2B ratings and reviews company. It found 36% of workers have a side job, but as many as 25% of them don’t tell their managers at their main jobs.

And more workers may take side gigs, with 17% saying...


How to land pilots? Pay them, and they will come — Staffing quote of the week

July 17, 2018

“If you pay them, they will come,” Roger Phillips, spokesman for the Air Line Pilots Association, put it succinctly in a CNBC article on airlines struggling to find pilots. Delta Air Lines needs to hire more than 8,000 pilots over the next decade, according to the article. And pilots are in short...


Staffing group sues USCIS over program policy change (Bloomberg BNA)

July 17, 2018

A new lawsuit filed by the ITSERVE Alliance, a trade association for IT technology staffing companies, claims US Citizenship and Immigration Services illegally changed its policy on what types of employers can participate in the STEM OPT training program, Bloomberg BNA reports. The program, which allows...


2% or higher GDP growth to continue for next 12 months, labor market remains tight, report says

July 16, 2018

US economic growth is expected to continue for the next 12 months, according to the “July 2018 NABE Business Conditions Survey” released today. Eighty-seven percent of the panelists expect real GDP growth of more than 2% in the coming four quarters, with the majority, 68%, anticipating growth in...