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Staffing provider TrueBlue Inc. (NYSE: TBI) announced William Steele is retiring from the company’s board of directors effective Dec. 31. He has served on TrueBlue’s board since 2001 and was chairman of the corporate governance and nominating committee and lead independent director until this year,...

How will the tech behind bitcoin affect staffing? New SIA report takes a look at blockchain

Bitcoin has been grabbing headlines, and the technology behind it, known as blockchain, remains very new. But that technology could have an effect on staffing — even allowing for autonomous, decentralized staffing firms. Some also say blockchain could make résumé exaggerations a thing of the past...

Randstad to add professor with expertise in digital disruption to supervisory board

Randstad Holding nv will propose Annet Aris as a member of the supervisory board for an initial four-year term, subject to shareholder appointment. Aris is an adjunct professor of strategy at INSEAD, where she has taught courses on digital transformation and disruption since 2003. Aris also writes a...

Weekly staffing employment in Q3 essentially flat year over year, ASA reports

The number of workers employed per week by the US staffing industry in the third quarter was essentially flat, edging down 0.7% compared to the same period last year, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association. US staffing companies employed an average of 3.22 million temporary...

Feds indict 20 temps for false documentation at staffing firm

Following arrests lasts month, 20 undocumented workers were indicted for working under false identities, the US Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced Wednesday. The workers had been assigned to Memphis, Tenn.-based freight forwarder Expeditors International by staffing agency Provide...

Jobless claims average falls, initial claims down 11,000

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to 234,750 last week, down 6,750 from the previous week’s unrevised average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor.

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

Hiring plans in Mexico hold steady, ManpowerGroup survey finds

Mexican employers report steady hiring plans for the upcoming quarter, according to a survey by ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN).

The survey found 14% of employers in Mexico forecast an increase in staffing levels in the upcoming quarter; 4% anticipate a decrease and 81% expect no change. This yields a...

No office, no problem: Freelancers throw their own holiday office party (CBC News)

More than 100 freelancers in Calgary, Alberta, held their own office holiday party to bond over the benefits and challenges of working on their own, CBC news reported. “If these entrepreneurs and freelancers go home tonight and realize that they’re not alone, that there’s a whole network of people...

IT hiring to rise in first half of 2018, Robert Half CIO survey finds

Chief information officers in the US plan more hiring in the first half of 2018 than a year ago, according to the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Forecast and Local Trend Report released today.

The survey found 21% of CIOs in the US plan to add full-time technology professionals to their teams in the...

Target paying $550 million for human cloud firm Shipt

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...