US private sector adds 241,000 jobs in March as momentum keeps up: ADP

US private sector employment rose by 241,000 jobs in March from February amid a “rip-roaring” job market, according to the ADP National Employment Report. February’s gain was revised upwards to 246,000 from the initially reported 235,000.

“We saw impressive momentum in the first quarter of...

Express Employment Professionals formally announces executive changes

Express Employment Professionals, the seventh-largest US staffing provider, formally announced that co-founder Bill Stoller is CEO and named fellow co-founder Bob Funk as president.

In addition, the company named Stoller as chairman of the board and Funk as chairman of the executive committee and vice...

Indeed to acquire Canadian jobs website Workopolis: Recruit Holdings

Jobs website Indeed will acquire Canadian jobs website Workopolis.com, Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd. announced today. Recruit, one of the world’s largest staffing firms, owns Indeed. The deal will close this month.

“Workopolis is a trusted brand and leading Canadian job site for both job seekers and employers,”...

CrowdFlower rebrands to Figure Eight, hires executives

CrowdFlower, a crowdsourcing platform provider in the online staffing space, rebranded as Figure Eight this week and announced the hiring of two new executives, a new board member and the promotion of an existing executive.

The company first wrote about the name change in a blog post in February.

“Changing...

Online job ads rise by 102,100 in March

US online job ads rose in March by 102,100 to approximately 4.8 million, according to The Conference Board’s report on online job ads. The March increase follows a sharp decrease in February.

Nine of the largest 10 online occupational categories posted increases in March. Ads for sales and...

US nonmanufacturing index decelerates in March, but employment portion increases

Economic activity in the US nonmanufacturing sector decelerated slightly in March, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s nonmanufacturing index released today.

ISM’s nonmanufacturing index edged down in March to a reading for 58.8 from February’s reading of 59.5. Readings above 50 generally...

Nashville, San Francisco areas post lowest jobless rates among large US metros

The Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin metropolitan area in Tennessee posted the lowest unemployment rate among all large, US metropolitan areas in February at 2.7%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics announced today. The San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward area in California followed at 2.9%.

The highest...

Business representative says Quebec law will impact staffing users (Montreal Gazette)

A proposed law in Quebec will require equal pay for temporary workers and make staffing buyers jointly responsible for financial obligations to workers, Stéphane Forget, president and CEO of the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec, wrote in an opinion piece in the Montreal Gazette newspaper...

Staffing internal workers perceive automation poses little or no risk to their jobs, SIA report

Despite increasing use of technology by staffing firms — as well as rapid growth in automated forms of staffing such as human cloud platforms — staffing firm internal staff see little likelihood that such changes will affect their future job prospects, according to the report, “North America Internal...

Finance execs plan increased hiring; 57% to add temp and part-time workers, global survey finds

Senior financial executives worldwide expect economic growth in the year ahead and plan to increase their companies’ workforce, according to the 2018 Global Business & Spending Outlook released today by American Express and institutional investor Thought Leadership Studio. The report is based...