Legal staffing provider HCMC Legal names new CFO and other execs

HCMC Legal Inc., the second-largest legal staffing provider in the US, named Charles Nelson as CFO. It also announced Andreana Nelson will serve as VP of sales for its Hire Counsel business and Nick Radoicic will be managing director of operations for Hire Counsel. New York-based HCMC is the parent company...

ShiftPixy names new CFO

Gig economy firm ShiftPixy Inc. (NASD: PIXY) appointed Patrice Launay as CFO, effective immediately. He succeeds Stephen DeSantis, who resigned from the company on Oct. 5.

Launay most recently was a financial and accounting manager for RxSight Inc., providing month-end close assistance, designing and...

Three ways technology will change the gig economy in 2018 (Forbes)

In 2018, technologies will evolve to provide the agility businesses need to stay competitive in the new gig economy, Forbes reports in an article examining three trends that are the driving forces behind the new kind of work.

1.4 million US jobs to be disrupted by technology by 2026; reskilling vital

A new report released by the World Economic Forum found 1.4 million US jobs will be disrupted by technology and other factors between now and 2026, and 57% of those jobs belong to women. However, 95% of workers most at risk would find good-quality, higher wage work if they had adequate reskilling.

The...

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....