Significant increase in nurses who plan to retire in less than a year, AMN survey

There's a significant increase among nurses who say they will retire in less than a year, according to the 2017 Survey of Registered Nurses released today by AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AHS). The survey found 27% of nurses who are planning to retire intend to do so in less than a year. That’s...

ASA elects 2018 board directors and officers

The American Staffing Association elected members to its 2018 board of directors during the organization’s Staffing World 2017 show last month in Chicago. Representatives from independent firms and national companies serve on the board.

The board elected officers:

• Chairman: Kelly McCreight, Hamilton-Ryker...

Job openings hold steady in September

The number of US job openings edged up by only 3,000 in September from the prior month to 6.09 million, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hires and separations were also little changed.

Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida during September....

Word of the month: Professional employer organization

“Professional employer organization,” or PEO, is defined by this year’s edition of Staffing Industry Analysts’ online Lexicon of workforce solutions ecosystem terms as a service segment of the payrolling/compliance industry primarily used in the US. A PEO assumes, via contract, a significant...

Total median compensation at $1.1 million in 2016 for top two execs at 22 publicly traded NA staffing firms

Total compensation was a median $1.1 million for the two highest-paid executives at a selection of 22 US-based staffing firms, and one Canadian-based firm, according to a new report released by Staffing Industry Analysts and prepared by Equilar, an executive compensation solutions firm based in Redwood...

EEOC sues a Chicago staffing agency for alleged sexual harassment and retaliation

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced it sued Anchor Staffing of Chicago claiming the staffing firm violated a temp worker’s civil rights when it failed to respond adequately to her complaint about sexual harassment. The agency says the staffing firm also removed the temp worker...

Employment Trends Index rebounds in October after hurricane-related declines

The Conference Board’s US Employment Trends Index increased sharply in October following declines in September and August caused by hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

“The bounce back in the Employment Trends Index in October was one of the largest monthly increases ever, and comes after two declines because...

Skills development is what new grads most look for in jobs, report says

The opportunity to develop their skills is the most important job factor for class of 2017 graduates who planned to enter the workforce immediately after graduation, according to a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

NACE’s Class of 2017 Student Survey Report asked members...

More than half of US professionals say hiring managers have unconscious bias toward hiring veterans

Hiring managers in the US have an unconscious bias toward hiring veterans, according to 58% of nearly 1,000 US professionals interviewed by Futurestep, a division of Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY). More than a third of respondents also said their organizations are putting more emphasis on hiring veterans today...

USCIS challenging larger number of H-1B applications (Bloomberg)

Starting this summer, employers began noticing that US Citizenship and Immigration Services was challenging an unusually large number of H-1B applications, Bloomberg reported. The number of challenges — officially known as “requests for evidence” — are up 44% compared to last year, the highest...