Bullhorn buys Talent Rover and Jobscience; planning to offer platform choices

Bullhorn, a supplier of software to staffing firms, today announced the acquisition of fellow software suppliers Talent Rover and Jobscience, two separate firms based in San Francisco.

Talent Rover and Jobscience provide applicant tracking for staffing firms and workflow management functionality around...

US hiring outlook remains strong for Q2, Canada’s outlook is best in six-plus years: ManpowerGroup report

US employers reported the hiring outlook remains strong for the second quarter, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today by ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN). The US ranked among the strongest outlooks for hiring among 44 countries surveyed in the report. Other...

Local economies of three British Columbia areas among Canada’s fastest-growing

Three areas in British Columbia are expected to be among Canada’s fastest-growing, according to The Conference Board of Canada’s “Metropolitan Outlook: Winter 2018” report.

Two of the areas, Vancouver and Abbotsford-Mission, are forecast to be the fastest-growing census metropolitan areas...

Uber exec: White men need to ‘make the noise’ about fixing diversity — Staffing quote of the week

“I want white men to look around in their office and say, ‘Oh look, there's a lot of white men here. Let’s change this,’” CNN reports Bozoma Saint John, Uber’s chief brand officer, said at the SXSW festival on Sunday. Saint John said the onus should not be on people of color to improve diversity...

Scout Exchange raises $100 million from Aquent founder’s investment firm; Paro announces funding round; AHSA rebrands VMS; and more in tech roundup

In some of the latest tech news: Scout Exchange, a platform to connect companies with search firms, received $100 million from Aquent founder’s investment vehicle. Paro, an online staffing platform for finance/accounting workers, announced a series A funding round. Separately, AHSA announces new...

Millennial bosses prefer online messaging over email and phone, Korn Ferry says

As millennials increasingly move into management positions, they favor a different way of communicating with their employees, according to a survey released today by executive search firm Korn Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY).

More than half of the professionals surveyed, 55%, said online messaging...

Private equity buys Emerald Health Services, a Los Angeles-based healthcare staffing firm

Private equity firm Webster Capital acquired travel nurse staffing firm Emerald Health Services. The Los Angeles-based healthcare staffing provider was founded in 2002 by Mark Stagen, who is also a founder and former president of the National Association of Travel Healthcare Organizations.

“For over...

Jobs growth index rises sharply, six-month growth rate highest since 2014

Jobs growth in the US increased sharply last month, according to The Conference Board’s Employment Trends Index. The index rose in February to a reading of 107.74 from 106.50 in January.

“The Employment Trends Index accelerated further in February, suggesting that strong job growth is likely...

Hawaii posts lowest unemployment rate in January; four states hit record lows

Hawaii posted the lowest unemployment rate among all states in January at 2.1%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. New Hampshire and North Dakota followed, both at 2.6% on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Alaska recorded the highest jobless rate among all states at 7.3% in January.

The BLS reported...

Infosys to delist shares from Paris and London stock exchanges

Infosys (NYSE: INFY), a global IT services and outsourcing provider, today announced it intends to voluntarily delist its American Depositary Shares from the Euronext Paris and Euronext London stock exchanges. The company stated the primary reason for seeking the proposed delisting is the low average...