April 1, 2021

IT Staffing Report

One sign that businesses are looking to ramp back up is a significant pickup in new order trends. SIA’s March Pulse Survey found that the net percentage of IT firms reporting an increase in new orders swelled to 67% in February, up from 61% in January. 

Strong evidence of recovery, but not necessarily broad-based

29 March 2021

One sign that businesses are looking to ramp back up is a significant pickup in new order trends. SIA’s March Pulse Survey found that the net percentage of IT firms reporting an increase in new orders swelled to 67% in February, up from 61% in January. 


Professional Diversity Network to acquire stake in hiring platform for remote developers

29 March 2021

Professional Diversity Network Inc. (NASDAQ: IPDN), which provides a diversity hiring platform, struck a deal to buy a stake in RemoteMore USA Inc., a remote hiring marketplace that enables companies to hire remote developers in Android, iOS, Java, Python and other platforms.


Job ads for computer occupations up 11% year over year; group questions need for H-1B restrictions

29 March 2021

The number of unique, active job vacancy postings in the US for computer occupations was up 11% year over year as of March 7 to more than 1 million, according to a report by the National Foundation for American Policy, a nonpartisan public policy research organization.


Diversant acquires California-based Atrilogy Solutions Group

30 March 2021

IT staffing provider Diversant acquired Atrilogy Solutions Group, an IT staffing firm based in Mission Viejo, California.


Riviera Partners acquires San Francisco-based Arete Partners with focus on startups

30 March 2021

Executive search firm Riviera Partners acquired Arete Partners, a San Francisco-based executive search firm focused on seed-to-B stage venture capital-backed startups.


Proposed 18-month delay to H-1B prevailing wage rule

30 March 2021

The US Department of Labor proposed an 18-month delay to a final prevailing wage rule for holders of H-1B and certain other visas. 


Motion Recruitment Partners acquires The Goal, a Virginia-based IT staffing provider

30 March 2021

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC acquired The Goal, an IT staffing provider based in Reston, Virginia, with a focus on the federal government marketplace.


TCS to expand Ohio footprint, invest $518 million in the state

30 March 2021

IT services giant Tata Consultancy Service announced plans to expand its operations in Ohio and add more than 800 employees at its Seven Hills Park campus outside of Cincinnati and other offices across the state by 2022.