ShiftPixy’s revenue rises 14.6% in fiscal Q1, but swings to $3.3 million loss

ShiftPixy Inc. (NASD: PIXY), a provider of PEO services and developer of an online staffing app that it plans to release this year, reported revenue rose 14.6% in its fiscal first quarter ended Nov. 30 compared to the year-ago quarter. The Irvine, Calif.-based firm targets the restaurant and hospitality...

Tradesmen International buys staffing firm Construction Labor Contractors

Tradesmen International acquired Construction Labor Contractors LLC from private equity firm Silver Oak Services. Tradesmen International is a portfolio company of private equity funds managed by Blackstone Capital Partners.

The transaction closed Dec. 19; terms were not announced.

Construction Labor Contractors...

ASA staffing index reaches second-highest value for the same week since launch

The American Staffing Association’s staffing index rose to a reading of 94 in the week of Jan. 8 to Jan. 14, reaching the second-highest value for the same week since the inception of the ASA Staffing Index in 2006. Temporary and contract staffing employment was 5.0% higher than the prior week —...

Hawaii posts lowest jobless rate in December

Hawaii posted the lowest unemployment rate among all states in December at 2.0%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. North Dakota and New Hampshire followed, both at 2.6%.

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

The BLS reported unemployment rates fell in...

The dawn of the digital manager (Staffing Industry Review)

The role of manager (as you know them) is going the way of the dinosaur thanks to technology, writes Marcus Mossberger in a new article in Staffing Industry Review’s Online Showcase. Mossberger, Infor’s senior director, healthcare HCM strategy, discusses the role of the manager and the idea of replacing...

Super Bowl staffing tough amid low unemployment, $16 an hour is one minimum – Staffing quote of the week

“The companies that were coming in to manage the Super Bowl and manage all these events didn’t have a proper understanding of the pay rates they were going to need to operate within the Twin Cities marketplace,” Jerome Gerber, VP of Award Staffing, told the Star Tribune newspaper in Minneapolis....

US ranks third in Global Talent Competitiveness index, released by Adecco

The United States ranked third internationally in attracting, developing and retaining talent, according to the 2018 Global Talent Competitiveness Index. Canada ranked 15th. The index features 119 countries and 90 cities. The index is published by INSEAD, the Business School for the World, in partnership...

ADP acquires freelancer management system provider WorkMarket

Freelancer management system WorkMarket was acquired by ADP (NASD: ADP), the large provider of paycheck processing, PEO and other services. The deal was announced today, almost six months after WorkMarket itself acquired freelancer management system provider OnForce from The Adecco Group.

“At ADP, we...

Insight Global announces new CEO; founder to remain executive chairman

Insight Global, the third-largest IT staffing provider in the US, promoted Bert Bean to CEO from his previous role as president. Founder and former CEO Glenn Johnson will remain as executive chairman.

“Bert Bean is absolutely the right person for the job,” Johnson said. “Bert and I have worked closely,...

Canadian staffing index posts ‘solid’ year-over-year growth in December

The Canadian staffing index, which measures staffing activity in Canada, rose 6% in December on a year-over-year basis to a reading of 102. The increase came despite last month having 5% fewer working days than December 2016.

“December was a solid month for volume growth year over year, taking account...