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Target paying $550 million for human cloud firm Shipt

December 13, 2017

Retailer Target Corp. announced it will pay $550 million in cash for Shipt Inc., a human cloud firm that uses independent contractors — called shoppers — to deliver groceries and other goods from stores to end clients. Shipt is a competitor to Instacart, which appears on Staffing...


More than half of IT leaders expect overall staff salaries to increase next year, TEKsystems finds

December 13, 2017

More than half of IT leaders expect overall IT staff salaries to increase next year despite declining budget expectations for 2018, according to TEKsystems’ annual IT Forecast research.

The survey found 58% of IT leaders expect their overall IT staff’s salaries to increase in 2018, that compares to...


Shared responsibility for workers’ skills gap, ASA survey says

December 13, 2017

Institutions — schools, employers and government — all share responsibility for the skills gap in the US, according to the results of an American Staffing Association Workforce Monitor survey. However, individual accountability is also a top factor contributing to the challenge.

Three out of four...


Staffing firm becomes ‘social enterprise’ (Staffing Industry Review)

December 13, 2017

UK-based recruitment firm Cordant Group makes a paradigm shift and transforms itself into a social enterprise, Staffing Industry Review reports. “Companies that claim that label, in the form of Community Interest Companies, as they exist in the UK, agree to devote at least two-thirds of profits into...


By 2022, one-fifth of workers will rely on AI to do their jobs (TechRepublic)

December 13, 2017

AI is expected to replace low-level, routine work, but it will also play a role in higher-level jobs in the future, TechRepublic reported, citing a report by Gartner. By 2022, one in five workers engaged in primarily nonroutine tasks will rely on AI to get work done, and AI is poised to create 2.3 million...


Strongest Q1 hiring outlook for US in 10 years; global employers positive: ManpowerGroup report

December 12, 2017

US employers reported the strongest first-quarter hiring outlook in 10 years, 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 43 countries surveyed in the report. Other countries with...


Staffing provider Belcan acquires CDI’s aerospace and industrial equipment business unit

December 12, 2017

Engineering consulting and staffing provider Belcan LLC acquired the aerospace and industrial equipment business unit of CDI Corp., a Philadelphia-based provider of IT and engineering staffing. The deal includes certain related aerospace staffing contracts.

The transaction closed Dec. 11; terms were not...


EmployBridge co-founder and CFO Shawn Poole to retire

December 12, 2017

EmployBridge co-founder, executive VP and CFO Shawn Poole will retire from his role at the Atlanta-based industrial staffing firm on Jan. 31, the company announced yesterday. He will remain active with EmployBridge, assisting with the transition of his duties and as a strategic advisor to CEO Tom Bickes...


MBO Partners names two execs as senior VP and CFO

December 12, 2017

MBO Partners, a provider of independent contractor engagement solutions, named Linda Mann as a senior VP and Chris Mack as CFO. Both appointments took effect in early November.

Mann will lead a newly-formed business unit targeting MBO’s direct-to-talent offerings and expand its enterprise direct sourcing...


Jury convicts Tennessee staffing firm exec on tax charges; money used for cars and mortgage payments

December 12, 2017

A federal jury in Memphis convicted staffing executive Mark Stinson on Dec. 8 of tax charges, the US Department of Justice reported. Stinson and his wife, Jayton Stinson, operated a staffing company in Memphis, but failed to pay $2.8 million in withholdings and other employment taxes. Jayton Stinson...