June 17, 2021

Industrial Staffing Report

An ongoing shortage of candidates for those jobs has been a cause of great angst for staffing firms and their end clients. 

The great candidate shortage: Is hope around the corner?

15 June 2021

An ongoing shortage of candidates for those jobs has been a cause of great angst for staffing firms and their end clients. 


Asset management firm to acquire EmployBridge, largest industrial staffing firm as ranked by SIA

15 June 2021

EmployBridge, the largest US industrial staffing firm, is being acquired by Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE: APO), an asset management firm based in New York.


QPS Employment Group now employee-owned

15 June 2021

QPS Employment Group, a Wisconsin-based staffing firm, completed its transition to an employee-owned company with an employee stock ownership plan, or ESOP.


Viking Staffing acquires California Snelling Staffing and Link Staffing offices, appoints new president

15 June 2021

Viking Staffing announced it closed on its acquisition of Snelling Staffing and Link Staffing locations in California and has appointed Lua Borey as president.


Skilled-labor talent platform Workrise secures $300 million in funding round, plans new market expansion

15 June 2021

Workrise, a talent platform that connects skilled laborers with infrastructure and energy companies, announced a $300 million series E funding round.


Labor shortages return, more pronounced in blue-collar and manual services jobs

15 June 2021

Labor shortages are returning as the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be waning, according to a new report from The Conference Board that examines the unique factors and long-run forces driving this return to extremely tight labor markets.


Jobcase, a social networking site for blue-collar workers, acquires job-matching platform

15 June 2021

Jobcase, a social networking website similar to LinkedIn but aimed at blue-collar workers, acquired Upward.net, a job-matching platform.


General Motors struggling to hire temporary workers (GM Authority)

15 June 2021

Automaker General Motors is having a tough time finding temporary workers for jobs at its Flint Assembly plant in Michigan and its Fort Wayne Assembly plant in Indiana, GM Authority reported citing a news story by The Detroit Free Press.