Jan. 9, 2020

IT Staffing Report

A strong labor market and unemployment at historically low levels — 3.5% as of December 2019 — has continued to drive demand for staffing services. This is particularly the case within the IT staffing segment.

Eyeing 11 consecutive years of growth

7 January 2020

A strong labor market and unemployment at historically low levels — 3.5% as of December 2019 — have continued to drive demand for staffing services. This is particularly the case within the IT staffing segment, where computer and mathematical occupations exited the third quarter of 2019 with a microscopic... More


IT leaders plan increased hiring in first half of year, most to bring on interim pros

7 January 2020

IT decision makers in the US plan more hiring in the first half of 2020, but hiring challenges persist, according to a survey from Robert Half Technology. 


Detroit-headquartered IT staffing firm QStride to be acquired by India-based consultancy

7 January 2020

QStride Inc., a Detroit-based provider of IT staffing, struck a deal to be acquired by Drisla Inc., a provider of consulting in blockchain, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence


BG Staffing acquires assets of cybersecurity retained search firm

7 January 2020

BG Staffing Inc. (NYSE: BGSF) acquired substantially all the assets of L.J. Kushner & Associates LLC, a provider of cybersecurity retained search services for high- and midlevel security professionals.


Skills mismatch, H-1B visas remain issues in new year

7 January 2020

2020 represents a bright new year moving forward, but some of the same issues that affected 2019 appear poised to have an impact on 2020 as well.


NTT Data Services acquires IT services firm Nete

8 January 2020

IT staffing provider NTT Data Services has acquired Nete, an IT services provider based in McLean, Virginia.


IT jobs tick down on supply constraints: TechServe Alliance

8 January 2020

The number of jobs in IT ticked down 0.01% year over year in November despite an otherwise upbeat jobs report for the month, according to a report from the TechServe Alliance, a trade association of the IT and engineering staffing and solutions industry. 


Solvera Solutions acquires IT specialists provider in Winnipeg

8 January 2020

Solvera Solutions, an IT consulting firm based in Western Canada, acquired Apptius Computer Solutions, a provider of IT specialists based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.