StevenDouglas acquires Florida-based IT staffing firm

StevenDouglas, a national executive search firm headquartered near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., acquired IT staffing firm Tallience.

Tallience is a small boutique IT staffing and search firm with a geographic footprint in Florida and the Mid-Atlantic. Although headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., one of its founding...

People: Randstad Sourceright, Express Employment Professionals, Oasis Outsourcing, VDart, Interim, PrideStaff and more

Randstad Sourceright appointed Jean-Francois Vezina to executive VP and the first Canada-based executive on its leadership team. Vezina will oversee the company’s general operations in Canada and serve as a key member of the North American leadership team. Vezina most recently was Randstad Sourceright’s...

Resources Connection revenue rises 20% in fiscal Q3 with Accretive and European acquisitions

Professional staffing provider Resources Connection Inc. (NASD: RECN), which operates as Resources Global Professionals, reported revenue rose 19.9%, or 17.6% in constant currency, in its fiscal third quarter ended Feb. 24. The increase at the Irvine, Calif.-based firm was 5.2% when excluding revenue...

Job hopping: Workers in favor but CFOs not so much, Robert Half finds

Substantially more workers see rewards in job hopping than before — especially those from younger generations — but managers don’t necessarily agree, according to a survey released today by Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI).

The survey found 64% of professionals polled...

Morales Group acquires Indiana staffing firm

Morales Group Inc. acquired northwest Indiana staffing firm Continental Inc. Professional Staffing and Recruitment.

Continental, based out of Anderson, Ind., was founded in 1985 by Bill and Judy Nagengast. It will rebrand under the Morales Group name and continue targeting the skilled trades, office,...

CEO confidence rises again in Q1 following rebound in Q4

Global CEO confidence made further gains in the first quarter, according to The Conference Board’s measure of CEO confidence. In the first quarter, the measure increased to a level of 65, up from 63 in the fourth quarter.

A reading of more than 50 reflects more positive responses than negative...

Jobless claim average rises, initial claims jump 24,000

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 228,250 last week, up 3,000 from the previous week’s average, the US Department of Labor reported. The previous week’s average was revised up by 750.

The four-week moving average decreases the volatility of the weekly...

Hiring up 19% year over year in March (LinkedIn)

Hiring across the US was up 19.3% year over year in March, according to LinkedIn’s April Workforce Report. Hiring increased 3.1% from February, seasonally adjusted. Over the past year, hiring growth in Houston, Phoenix, Dallas-Ft. Worth, and Cleveland-Akron surpassed...

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...