Paychex revenue up 4%; firm reports HR Outsourcing Holdings deal at $75 million

Paychex Inc. (NASD: PAYX) reported last week that revenue rose 4% in its fiscal first quarter ended Aug. 31. The company also reported in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it paid $75.4 million for its previously announced acquisition of PEO provider HR Outsourcing Holdings...

Optimum Talent names new CEO

Optimum Talent appointed Mike Bacchus to CEO from president of Western Canada; former CEO Ronald Dahms will take the role of executive chair.

Optimum Talent provides executive search and recruitment; leadership, assessment and development; and career transition and outplacement services. It counts more...

Randstad Workmonitor: Disconnect between employers and employees in upskilling outlook

A discrepancy exists between employers’ and employees’ attitudes toward upskilling, according to Randstad’s third-quarter Workmonitor survey released today.

While more than 80% of employees feel they have a responsibility to upskill, many US employers and employees are not taking action for upskilling...

Gig jobs can ‘exercise the creative side’ —Staffing quote of the week

“I would use side gigs to exercise my creative side or to test out new abilities and skills,” said Caleigh McKinnie, in a The Roanoke Times story about gig economy jobs morphing into full-time employment. McKinnie now has a full-time job in marketing but still completes an occasional gig assignment....

City Council revisits temporary staffing decision (Times Free Press)

The Chattanooga City Council will today reconsider its decision to exclude MSi Workforce Solutions as part of a $1.8 million temporary staffing blanket contract which also included Outsource Staffing, the Times Free Press reported. The council voted to exclude the company after concerns were raised that...

ADP acquires payment card firm as proxy fight wears on

Automatic Data Processing Inc. (NASD: ADP) announced Thursday it acquired payment card firm Global Cash Card, which it plans to integrate into its existing payment card offering called “Aline.” The company says the deal will give more than 4 million accounts under management.

The news comes as ADP...

Staffing Industry Analysts releases list of US diversity staffing firms

Staffing Industry Analysts released its 2017 List of US Diversity Staffing Firms, which includes 120 US companies that self-identify as being woman-owned, minority-owned or under other diversity ownership.

This year’s annual list report includes 66 firms owned by women, 63 minority-owned firms and eight...

Jobs and networking website founder gets one-year prison sentence

A man who founded a jobs and networking website for oil and gas professionals and sold it for $51 million only to hack back in — and steal information from more than 700,000 customer accounts for a another website — was sentenced Friday to a year in prison, the US Attorney’s office reported today...

Employment Trends Index falls on hurricane impact

The Conference Board’s US Employment Trends Index edged down in September following a larger drop in August. Hurricanes Harvey and Irma caused the slowdown, but the index is expected to pick up.

“Several components that led to the decline in the Employment Trends Index in August and September were...

Improving your website’s return on investment (Staffing Industry Review)

Your website is the single most important marketing vehicle for your staffing firm — and the one with the highest potential return on investment, wrote Mandy Wittschen in a new article in Staffing Industry Review’s Online Showcase. Wittschen, a marketing strategist and senior editor with Haley Marketing...