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Word of the month: Project/program management office

October 17, 2017

“Project/program management office,” or PMO, is defined by this year’s edition of Staffing Industry Analysts’ online Lexicon of workforce solutions ecosystem terms as a group or department within a business, agency or enterprise that defines and maintains standards for project management...


IT and engineering job growth decelerates in September in wake of hurricanes

October 16, 2017

US IT and engineering job growth decelerated in September after a modest uptick in August, according to the TechServe Alliance, a national trade association of the IT and engineering staffing and solutions industry.

“Despite the deceleration in the rate of growth, both IT and engineering outperformed...


Randstad Canada names new presidents for engineering and technologies divisions

October 16, 2017

Randstad Canada appointed Carolyn Levy to president of Randstad Technologies; Levy previously served as president of engineering and Randstad inhouse services. The company also named Jeremy Peters as president of Randstad Engineering. 

Levy previously was president of engineering and Randstad inhouse...


Recruitment firm Search Wizards taps former Monster exec as president

October 16, 2017

Search Wizards Inc., a recruitment firm target talent acquisition professionals, announced Eric Winegardner joined the company as president effective Oct. 9. Winegardner most recently was senior VP at Monster Worldwide Inc.

Winegardner will be responsible for all day-to-day operations, developing and...


Investment firm buys UltraForce Staffing Services of North Carolina

October 16, 2017

The William Gaston Fund, a private investment fund managed by Gaston Capital of Belmont, NC, purchased UltraForce Staffing Services, a North Carolina professional staffing firm.

UltraForce has offices in Gastonia, Shelby and Lincolnton, NC. The company provides staffing on a temporary, temp-to-hire or...


Head of Randstad North America Linda Galipeau talks leadership, disruption and the role of women (Staffing Industry Review)

October 16, 2017

Head of Randstad North America, Linda Galipeau, discusses how she got started in the staffing industry, her leadership style, the gig economy and more in Staffing Industry Review magazine. “I take nothing for granted,” Galipeau said in a quote from the story. “I have always believed in scrutinizing...


CrowdFlower CEO is ‘forever grateful’ to former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick (Business Insider)

October 16, 2017

CrowdFlower founder Lukas Biewald discusses the early days of the human cloud firm and his relationship with Uber founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick in a Business Insider article. CrowdFlower is crowdsourcing platform serving artificial intelligence development teams.


TSR revenue up 11.8%, but gross margin narrows at IT staffing firm

October 13, 2017

IT staffing provider TSR Inc. (NASD: TSRI) reported revenue rose 11.8% in its fiscal first quarter ended Aug. 31. But gross margin narrowed and net income fell at the Hauppauge, NY-based firm.

(US$ thousands) Q1 2018 Q1 2017 % growth
Net revenue $17,037 $15,242 11.8%
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Freelancer management system Kalo adds execs from SAP, Zenefits and names exec to advisory board

October 13, 2017

Freelancer management system Kalo appointed former SAP executive Simon Gershey as chief technology officer and former Zenefits executive Kristin Goetterman as VP of global sales and customer success. The company also announced a new member of its advisory board — Betsy Morgan, former CEO of TheBlaze...


Retailers’ seasonal hiring plans for the holidays are mixed

October 13, 2017

Retailers’ seasonal hiring picture for the holidays is mixed. One survey found a majority of retailers expect hiring to rise while another expected hiring to be down. And looking at individual retailers, some plan to hire more seasonal employees this year, while others plan less hiring.

Korn Ferry surveyed...