Majority of people open to job change; benefits, flexibility among top reasons to switch, according to Yoh report

Only 15% of employed Americans said they would not leave their current job for any reason, indicating that a significant majority of people are open to a job change if the right offer came along, according to a survey released today by Yoh. And when excluding a pay increase, employed Americans...

State and local IT teams update recruiting tactics to prepare for ‘silver tsunami’ (StateTech)

State and local IT departments try new and innovative ways to recruit new talent as their older employees continue to retire in large numbers, StateTech reports. The IT department in Austin, Texas, has moved to what CIO Stephen Elkins calls his “flexible sourcing program,” which extends...

Mitchell Martin appoints president

Mitchell Martin Inc. promoted Sarah Martin to president, effective April 1. In the new position at the firm, Martin is responsible for the overall direction of its strategic initiatives. 

Martin joined Mitchell Martin in May 2017 as CEO of its healthcare staffing subsidiary, Mitchell Martin Healthcare...

Job board Dice.com’s parent company names new CEO

DHI Group Inc. (NYSE: DHX), the parent company of job board Dice.com, named Art Zeile as CEO effective April 10. Former CEO Michael Durney will remain with the firm in an advisory capacity through the end of this month.

Durney announced his departure in November. He has been a senior executive...

Intermountain acquires Washington-based temp staffing provider ASAP Business Solutions

Intermountain Staffing recently acquired ASAP Business Solutions, a provider of temporary staffing in Washington state.

Intermountain Staffing, headquartered in North Salt Lake City, provides light industrial staffing, non-clinical hospital and entry-level clerical staffing. It serves a variety of organizations...

AMN buys three firms, MedPartners for $195 million and two Boston firms

AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AMN) acquired MedPartners for $195 million, with up to an additional $20 million based on future financial performance. San Diego, Calif.-based AMN, which ranks as the largest US healthcare staffing firm, also announced it acquired two related healthcare staffing brands...

Private equity buys Phaidon International, the sixth fastest-growing staffing firm

Phaidon International, whose US operations ranked among the fastest-growing staffing firms, was acquired by Quilvest Private Equity. In addition, Phaidon founder Adam Buck will be stepping back.

The acquisition was completed recently and announced today. However, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed....

Jobs no longer full-time, 9 to 5 — Staffing quote of the week

“Jobs are no longer full-time, 9-5, Monday-Friday,” said Denis Pennel, managing director of the World Employment Confederation. “Today’s world of work is increasingly diverse with people working under a host of different contracts including part-time, fixed-term, freelance and agency work. The...

It's Equal Pay Day, but women earn 77.9 cents for every dollar earned by men

Today is Equal Pay Day, the day that symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. The day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity, which encourages people to wear red to symbolize how far women and minorities are in the red with their pay....

USCIS launches new E-Verify website

US Citizenship and Immigration Services today launched its new E-Verify.gov website. The website provides information on electronic employment eligibility verification as well as information about employee rights and employer responsibilities in the employment verification process. Employers can enroll...