Helping women advance in the workplace (The Staffing Stream)

International Women’s Day is a day to recognize and celebrate the achievements of women around the world, but also a time to rally together so that all women can reach their highest potential, wrote Mara Swan, ManpowerGroup’s executive VP, global strategy and talent, in a The Staffing Stream blog...

People: Genuent, Staffing 360, Voca, Airswift and more

Genuent, a Houston-based IT staffing subsidiary of the Willis Group, named Brian Wagner as managing director of project solutions. Wagner’s past experience includes VP, strategic accounts for ACS Group; managing executive for ManpowerGroup; and VP, project solutions for Experis.

Staffing 360 Solutions...

Impellam revenue edges up for full-year 2017

UK-based staffing and workforce solutions provider Impellam Group plc reported revenue for the full-year 2017 rose 1.5%, affected by challenging conditions in its UK specialist staffing and healthcare businesses.

Volt Information Sciences revenue falls in fiscal Q1, names former Randstad exec as president of Volt Workforce Solutions

Volt Information Sciences Inc. (NYSE MKT: VISI) reported net revenue fell 19.1% in its fiscal first quarter ended Jan. 28. On a same-store and constant currency basis, net revenue fell 10.6% year over year, excluding net revenue contributed from businesses sold or exited during the past year.

The company...

Three California counties top list of highest average weekly wage in Q3, followed by New York

Santa Clara County in California’s Silicon Valley posted the highest average weekly wage among all large US counties in the third quarter at $2,320, according to data released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was followed by San Mateo County and San Francisco — all located in the San...

BG Staffing revenue rises 18% in Q4

Revenue at BG Staffing Inc. (NYSE MKT: BGSF) rose 17.8% in the fourth quarter and gross margin improved. The Plano, Texas-based staffing provider recorded the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act resulting in a re-measurement of its net deferred tax assets, which had a noncash negative impact on fourth...

Beige Book cites worker shortages, increasing wage growth

Shortages of workers — particularly in construction, IT and manufacturing — and increasing wage growth was cited in the latest Beige Book report from the Federal Reserve.

“Across the country, contacts observed persistent labor market tightness and brisk demand for qualified workers, as well as increased...

Jobless claims average up, total claims jump 21,000

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 222,500 last week, up 2,000 from the previous week’s unrevised average, the US Department of Labor reported.

The four-week moving average decreases the volatility of the weekly numbers. Total initial claims for unemployment...

PageGroup 2017 revenue increases 10% in constant currency

International specialist recruitment firm PageGroup plc reported full-year 2017 revenue rose 9.8% in constant currency. The increase as reported was 14.7%.

Korn Ferry total fee revenue rises 17% in fiscal Q3

Korn Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY) reported total fee revenue rose 17.2%, or 13.1% in constant currency, in its fiscal third quarter ended Jan. 31. The Los Angeles-based provider of executive search and consulting reported the increase was across business lines.