Monster to sell Asia Pacific operations to India-based Quess Corp

Job board Monster Worldwide agreed to sell its Asia Pacific business in order to “double down” its focus on North America and Europe. The company plans to sell its business in India, South East Asia and the Middle East to India-based staffing firm Quess Corp Ltd. The deal values Monster’s Asia...

ISM report: US manufacturing activity still strong in January despite deceleration

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in January but at a slightly slower pace than December, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index for US manufacturing. January’s index reading was 59.1, down 0.2 of a percentage point from December’s reading...

Jobless claims average falls by 5,000

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to 234,500 last week, down 5,000 from the previous week’s average, the US Department of Labor reported. The previous week’s average was also revised downward by 500.

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

Can you handle the truth from your suppliers? (CWS 3.0)

Hearing from stakeholders on what is working well and what changes or improvements can be made is critical, writes Dawn McCartney in a new CWS 3.0 article. McCartney, CCWP and senior director of contingent workforce strategies and research for SIA, discusses how to gather feedback from three important...

On Assignment to pay $775 million for federal contractor; changing name to ASGN

Professional staffing firm On Assignment Inc. (NYSE ASGN) struck a deal to acquire government services contractor ECS Federal LLC for $775 million. On Assignment also announced it will change its name to ASGN.

On Assignment signed a definitive agreement to acquire ECS from Roy Kapani, the company’s...

ADP reports PEO revenue up 15% in quarter

PEO revenue rose 15% at ADP (NASD: ADP) in the company’s fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31, driven primarily by a 10% increase in average worksite employees for the quarter and higher than expected growth in pass-through revenues. The Roseland, NJ-based firm provides other services, including paycheck...

Groupe Crit, French staffing provider with US operations, reports Q4 revenue up 11%

Groupe Crit, a French-based staffing firm with operations in the US, reported fourth-quarter revenue rose 10.8% to €615.9 million (US$737.8 million); the increase was 7.5% on a like-for-like and constant currency basis.

Full-year revenue rose 12.7% to €2.42 billion (US$2.90 billion); the increase...

Robert Half revenue rises 5% in Q4, fastest growth comes from international operations

Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI) reported fourth-quarter rose 5.0% on a same billing-day, constant-currency basis. Revenue fell in IT staffing, but rose in other verticals. The fastest growth took place in the professional staffing provider’s international markets where perm placement revenue...

Tech roundup: StaffDNA announces VMS/MSP, chatbot usage, Cabify raises $160 million, Nomad Health expands and more

StaffDNA announced a cloud-based VMS and MSP solution; Shabbir Albhai, director of intelligent process automation at IT staffing provider DISYS, says use of chatbots is continuing to grow; and human cloud firm Cabify raised $160 million in funding round after switching CEOs. These are some of the technology...

ADP’s January US job numbers up by 234,000, service providers ‘firing on all cylinders’

US private sector employment rose by 234,000 jobs in January, down slightly from the gain of 242,000 in December, according to the ADP National Employment Report. However, the number still showed strong growth.

“We’ve kicked off the year with another month of unyielding job gains,” said Ahu Yildirmaz,...