Freelancer management system Kalo adds execs from SAP, Zenefits and names exec to advisory board

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

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...

People: Oasis Outsourcing, HealthTrust Workforce, ZRG Partners

Professional employer organization Oasis Outsourcing promoted Ruth Trezevant Cyrus to executive VP, acquisition integration. In this newly created role, she will manage the acquisition integration strategy, implementation, and profit and loss. Cyrus was formerly senior VP, marketing and partner management,...

California governor signs legislation banning salary history inquiries (Lexology)

California joins other states and municipalities in banning inquiries into salary history of applicants, Benjamin Ebbink of law firm Fisher Phillips writes in a Lexology post. Gov. Jerry Brown yesterday signed Assembly Bill 168, a bill that prohibits public and private employers from seeking or relying...

CEO of The CSI Companies discusses how he came to staffing (Jacksonville Business Journal)

CEO of staffing provider The CSI Companies, Rafe Sanson speaks with the Jacksonville Business Journal about how he came to lead the company, which is now part of Recruit Co. Ltd., one of the world’s largest staffing firms. Sanson was at Winn-Dixie and Fidelity Investment Services before moving to The...

Hays gross profit up in fiscal Q1; business conditions good in majority of international markets

Hays plc, the world’s sixth-largest staffing firm, announced gross profit, which Hays reports as net fees, rose 13% in its fiscal first quarter ended Sept. 30. The UK-based firm reported the increase was 10% on a “like-for-like” basis — when growth is measured organically and put in constant...

IT departments expect boost in staffing next year, Spiceworks report finds

IT budgets are expected to stabilize —and in many cases, grow —  around the globe in 2018, leading to a boost in IT staffing, according to the 2018 State of IT report released by Spiceworks, a network that includes millions of IT professionals.

More IT departments worldwide will swell in size...

Jobless claims average falls by 9,500, report says number consistent with robust labor market

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance was 257,500 last week, down 9,500 from the previous week’s revised average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor.

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

Canadian job vacancies up 17%

Canadian employers reported 460,000 job vacancies in the second quarter, Statistics Canada reported today. The number of job vacancies rose by 67,000, up 17.2%, from the second quarter of 2016; it was the third consecutive year-over-year increase in both the number of vacancies and the job vacancy rate....

Fed agencies to share information in visa abuse probes against employers (Reuters)

The US Justice and State departments announced yesterday they agreed to share information with the aim of to better probing companies suspected of abusing visa programs used to hire foreign workers, Reuters reported. Under the memorandum of understanding, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division...