Beeline acquisition now complete

Private equity firm GTCR and The Adecco Group completed the sale of VMS provider Beeline to New York-based private equity firm New Mountain Capital LLC.

The deal, announced last month, was subject to regulatory approval. The process is now complete and New Mountain is Beeline’s sole owner, effective...

Private equity firm acquires majority share of ATS provider iCIMS

Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners agreed to purchase a majority of the outstanding shares of applicant tracking system provider iCIMS Inc. The transaction is expected to close as soon as approvals are completed.

Susquehanna Growth Equity invested in iCIMS in 2012, with an additional investment...

Pay, shifts and HR policies are top factors in attracting warehouse workers: EmployBridge

Wages, shift preferences and more flexible HR policies are the key factors to attracting and retaining hourly warehouse workers, according to the 11th annual Warehouse Employee Opinion Survey released today by EmployBridge.

Pay ranked as the single most important factor for the 11th consecutive year among...

Temporary, contract staffing employment reaches more highs: ASA staffing index

Temporary and contract staffing employment rose 3.9% in the week of Aug. 6 to Aug. 12 compared to the same week last year, according to the American Staffing Association’s staffing index. It’s the third consecutive week the index has reached record highs for their comparable weeks.

Week over...

Lack of replacements for retiring truckers — Staffing quote of the week

“In the past, when we had drivers retiring, we felt comfortable that the new drivers coming into the industry kept us even on the playing field, but what we’re seeing is that there’s not a lot of people filling these jobs from a younger age bracket,” Eric Fuller, president and CEO of U.S. Xpress...

Engineers optimistic about careers, two-thirds contacted by ‘headhunters’ (Electronic Design)

Nearly all respondents in Electronic Design’s annual reader survey, 90%, reported they enjoy their current jobs. The poll of about 1,350 engineers also found that more than two-thirds said a headhunter has approached them within the last year, suggesting mounting competition for engineering expertise....

US Sixth Circuit upholds staffing firm’s use of arbitration agreements

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit of Appeals ruled last Wednesday that employers can require workers to resolve wage disputes through individual arbitration instead of class actions, and that the National Labor Relations Act does not invalidate individual arbitration clauses in labor agreements....

Canadian employers weigh in on struggles to fill jobs: ManpowerGroup report

Lack of applicants, experience and hard skills are key reasons 41% of Canadian employers struggle to fill open positions, according to ManpowerGroup’s (NYSE: MAN) 2018 Talent Shortage Survey.

Skilled trades are the hardest jobs to fill in Canada, according to the research, followed by sales representatives...

Canadian staffing index rises 6% in July to highest level since November

The Canadian staffing index, which measures staffing activity in Canada, rose 6% in July on a year-over-year basis to a reading of 113.

“After a strong start to 2018, it appears that year-over-year growth has moderated these past few months,” said Maxim Kupfer, research analyst at Staffing Industry...

MedPartners Locum Tenens rebrands to MPLT Healthcare

Coral Springs, Fla.-based MedPartners Locum Tenens LLC is changing its corporate name to MPLT Healthcare. MedPartners Locum Tenens is a part of TekPartners/MedPartners, which ranks No. 71 on SIA’s list of largest US staffing firms with 2017 US staffing revenue of $226 million. The revenue measure...