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Employers globally struggle to find workers with the right skills
June 26, 2018Businesses struggle to fill open positions as many states have more job openings than available skilled workers, according to ManpowerGroup’s (NYSE: MAN) 2018 Talent Shortage Survey. Almost half of US employers surveyed, 46%, said they can’t find the skills they need — up from 32% in 2015 and maintaining...
HR tech deals: Hired.com raises $30 million, HyreCar plans IPO and more
June 26, 2018Recent big news in recruiting and human cloud technology included Recruit Co. Ltd.’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Glassdoor, which was completed this month, and Microsoft’s $7.5 billion deal to buy GitHub. But there are other announcements as well, including Hired.com’s raising of $30 million in...
Human cloud, ride-sharing jobs category up 46% in single year: US Census
June 26, 2018The US Census Bureau recorded an apparent boom in human cloud, ride-sharing drivers. Last week, the agency announced that the number of “nonemployer establishments” in the “Taxi and Limousine Service” industry — which includes drivers for human cloud/ride-sharing firms such as Uber and Lyft...
Temporary, contract staffing employment up 1.3% over year: ASA staffing index
June 26, 2018Temporary and contract staffing employment was 1.3% higher for the week of June 11 to June 17 than the same week last year, according to the American Staffing Association’s staffing index. Some survey respondents cited temp-to-hire conversions as a factor that hindered further growth.
Month-over-month,...
Consumer confidence falls in June but jobs outlook improves slightly
June 26, 2018The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index decreased in June, following an increase in May. The index fell to a reading of 126.4 (1985=100) from 128.8 in May.
“Consumer confidence declined in June after improving in May,” said Lynn Franco, director of economic indicators at The Conference...
Visa programs are small-business issue, not immigration issue – Staffing quote of the week
June 26, 2018Brian Crawford, senior VP of government affairs for the American Hotel & Lodging Association, told Travel Weekly that getting relief from the shortage of temporary visa workers is difficult in the current political climate. “There is pushback,” he said. “There are groups that call this...
California top court's misclassification crackdown already having impact (Staffing Industry Review)
June 26, 2018The California Supreme Court introduced a stricter test for determining who is an independent contractor, and experts say it’s going to make things much tougher for companies that use this type of contingent worker. Lawsuits are already being filed under the new rule. A ruling that found drivers for...
SVS Group acquires staffing provider in Silicon Valley
June 25, 2018SVS Group Inc., a recruiting and staffing services provider based in Oakland, Calif., acquired boutique staffing firm Hallmark Personnel, effective May 28.
Hallmark Personnel, founded in 1983, was owned and operated by Julie Fleury and Mike Arnold for the past seven years. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale,...
Logistics and staffing firms agree to pay $1.9 million to settle lawsuit
June 25, 2018A settlement has been reached in a long-running lawsuit between logistics companies and staffing firms. Bloomberg reports the companies will pay $1.9 million to end the lawsuits that involved wage and hour issues at warehouses in Wilmington, Calif., that served Amazon.
The lawsuit was first filed in 2014;...
IT leaders in US to increase staff, prioritize security: Robert Half Technology
June 25, 2018Senior managers plan to add more tech talent in the second half of 2018 as security, cloud and digital projects in US companies expand, according to research released by Robert Half Technology. Sixty percent of IT hiring decision-makers surveyed plan to expand the size of their teams between now and...