Students rank best places to serve as interns: Indeed

When done well, internships provide students with much-needed work experience and professional contacts, while companies get a chance to add temporary staff to areas that need help. And in today’s tight labor market, interns provide the company with a pool of potential candidates they have already...

Home builder says worker shortage leading to price inflation — Staffing quote of the week

Hillwood Communities, one of the largest private developers in the US, had about half of its H-2B visa requests granted in each of the last four years, until last year, when it got zero approved. “Every aspect of our labor force is so strained,” Hillwood CEO Fred Balda told MarketWatch in a story...

Administration aims to limit professionals’ TN visas in NAFTA negotiations (McClatchy)

The Trump administration wants to limit the number of eligible professions and decrease the number of visa renewals granted to Canadians and Mexicans as part of ongoing NAFTA negotiations among the three countries, McClatchy reported. Approved occupations for the TN visa include accountants, hotel managers,...

Staffing website demos increase workers' use of them: SIA research

About a quarter of temporary workers barely look at their staffing firm’s website or app, and many more are just slightly aware of the features such as viewing payroll information or available jobs, according to a recent report released by Staffing Industry Analysts. Only 20% said such tools have been...

American gig workers’ earnings total $1.4 trillion: index

Collective annual earnings of American gig workers total $1.4 trillion, and 59% use digital marketplaces to find new opportunities, according to the Gig Economy Index released today by PYMNTS and Hyperwallet.

Those aged 18 to 34 rely on digital marketplaces the most, with the arts, design, entertainment,...

San Francisco adds 4,375 tech jobs, New York and Boston also increase digital jobs: report

The San Francisco Bay Area increased at a rapid pace in the first quarter, with more than 4,375 new jobs added for a 2.1% employment gain, according to the Digital Jobs Index for the first quarter of 2018 released today by executive search firm ON Partners. New York City showed a 1.8% gain and added...

Professionals increasingly check in with office while on vacation: Accountemps

Professionals plan to take an average of nine vacation days this summer but most will still check in with the office, according to a survey by Accountemps, a division of Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI).

The survey found 44% of respondents said they typically don't check in at all with the office,...

Airline mechanic staffing companies’ exec gets 12-month sentence in immigration case

The former VP of operations for two separate airline mechanic staffing companies was sentenced Thursday to 12 months in prison for making false statements in support of legal permanent resident petitions for dozens of mechanics, US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced.

The companies’ staff...

Supreme Court rules employers can prevent class actions with individual arbitration (The Hill)

The US Supreme Court today ruled employers can prohibit workers from filing class-action lawsuits by requiring them to sign individual arbitration agreements, The Hill reported. The justices ruled in a 5-4 decision released on Monday. “The policy may be debatable but the law is clear: Congress has...

Uber drivers average $11.77 per hour, report also looks at size of on-demand economy

Uber drivers make an average of $11.77 per hour after deducting Uber fees and vehicle expenses, according to a report this week by the Economic Policy Institute that looked at Uber and the online platform, gig economy space as a whole.

That compares to the $32.06 average hourly compensation of private-sector...