US – Job Openings Dip in January

U.S. job openings fell 2.3 percent in January from December, but rose 20.9 percent from January 2011, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The job openings rate — a measure of job openings compared with total employment — was 2.5 percent in...

Europe – Uncertainty “tempers appetite for hiring”, Manpower says

Global employment prospects have been improving as hiring activity in the majority of the world’s labour markets is expected to remain relatively stable or improve from three months ago. But Spain and Greece show the weakest hiring plans in Europe, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook...

US – Staffing Firms Still Find H-1B Difficulties

Staffing firms continue to experience difficulty bringing in workers on H-1B visas, said Mark Roberts, CEO of the TechServe Alliance, a collaboration of information technology services firms, clients, consultants and suppliers.

“They are going through, but not without difficulty,” Roberts said in...

Netherlands – Temps want more money and job security

Ahead of Wednesday’s collective bargaining round for temporary workers, a new study has shown that temporary workers want to earn the same as permanent employees. Equal pay should be the most important issue, respondents indicated in a study carried out by FNV, the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions....

World – Monster for sale?

Monster Worldwide (MWW:NYS), the online recruitment firm, announced earlier this week that it had retained financial advisers from BofA Merrill Lynch and Stone Key Partners LLC in order to review “strategic alternatives.” The news has sparked rumours that the company might consider selling all or...

US – Attorney Sues Staffing Exec Over Taxes

The operator of two staffing firms in the Lancaster County, Penn., area faces a maximum of five years in prison and a $100,000 fine if convicted for not paying $229,177 in federal employment taxes, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported Wednesday.

Kim Yoeun, 49,...

US – Korn/Ferry Revenue Edges Down

Korn/Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY) reported today fee revenue fell 0.3 percent to $186.0 million in its fiscal third quarter ended Jan. 31, 2012, from $186.5 million in the year-ago quarter.

The Los Angeles-based executive search firm reported first-quarter North America executive search revenue...

US – ADP: Private Sector Adds 216,000 Jobs

U.S. private-sector employment rose by 216,000 in February, seasonally adjusted, according to the national employment report released today by Automatic Data Processing Inc. (NASD: ADP). Meanwhile, January’s employment growth was revised upward to 173,000, from the initially reported 170,000.

The service-providing...

UK – Interquest revenue up but posts net loss

The specialist IT recruitment group Interquest (ITQ:LSE) reported on Wednesday that revenues in 2011 were up +8% to £120.9 million from £112.2 million in 2010 but the firm recorded a net income loss of over £1 million.

Audited results for the year ended 31 December 2011 show that gross profit increased...

US – Cross Country Revenue Rises 10%

Cross Country Healthcare Inc. (NASD: CCRN) reported fourth-quarter revenue rose 9.7 percent to $124.7 million from $113.7 million in the year-ago quarter.

The Boca Raton, Fla.-based healthcare staffing firm reported fourth-quarter revenue in its nurse and allied staffing division rose 18.3 percent on...