Express Employment Professionals asks why people are still jobless despite low-unemployment environment

Unemployed workers in the US likely have given up looking for work or are holding out for the perfect job, according to Express Employment Professionals’ fifth annual “State of the Unemployed” national survey released today. Forty-two percent of the unemployed agree that they have “completely...

Independent Clinical Services acquires life sciences staffing provider ProClinical

International life sciences staffing agency ProClinical today announced its acquisition by UK healthcare staffing provider Independent Clinical Services. The transaction aims to enhance the firms’ capabilities and extend their global footprint.

ProClinical is headquartered in London, with US offices...

Jackson Healthcare promotes two execs

Jackson Healthcare, one of the largest US healthcare staffing providers, promoted Robyn Smith to senior VP of human resources and Travis Dommert to senior VP of talent development.

Smith will focus on benefits, HR operations, human capital management systems, and policies and procedures. Dommert’s focus...

More millennials see themselves leaving jobs in next two years, gig economy is alternative

More millennials see themselves leaving their jobs within the next two years, and a majority see the gig economy as a viable alternative, according to Deloitte’s seventh annual Millennial Survey.

Among millennials, 43% envision leaving their jobs within two years, up from 38% in last year’s survey,...

CEOs' confidence in firms' growth prospects up; narrow majority says AI to add more jobs

More CEOs are “very confident” in the growth of their companies over the next three years, and a narrow majority believe artificial intelligence and robotics will create more jobs than they destroy, according to the new “US CEO Outlook” survey from accounting firm KPMG.

It found 52% of CEOs believe...

Temporary, contract staffing employment up 2.2% over year: ASA Staffing Index

Temporary and contract staffing employment was 2.2% higher for the week of May 7 to May 13 than the same week last year, according to the American Staffing Association’s staffing index. It marked the fastest rate of year-over-year growth for this particular week in four years.

Month-over-month,...

Contract watch: Supplemental Health Care wins Buffalo schools contract

Supplemental Health Care was awarded a three-year contract to provide nurse staffing to the Buffalo Public School system in Buffalo, NY, the company announced today. The agreement goes into effect in July.

The deal was valued at almost $5.6 million in the first year, almost $5.8 million in the second...

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,...