SThree gross profit rises 5% in Q3; biggest increase in US, up 20%

SThree plc, a UK-based based staffing provider with global operations, reported gross profit rose 5% on a constant currency basis in the third quarter of its fiscal year ended Aug. 31.

The company’s US operations posted the biggest increase in gross profit, up 20% in constant currency in the third quarter....

Malone Workforce Solutions buys AllStaff in deal that almost doubles revenue

Malone Workforce Solutions acquired AllStaff (formerly Select Staffing of Illinois) and its subsidiaries. The addition almost doubles Malone’s estimated annual revenue to more than $330 million.

The transaction closed Sept. 7 and took effect Sept. 11; terms were not disclosed. The AllStaff brand will...

Eastridge acquires Operon Resource Management, recruiter for medical device industry

Eastridge Workforce Solutions, a San Diego, Calif.-based staffing firm, acquired Operon Resource Management, a medical device recruitment solutions provider.

Operon, headquartered in Lowell, Mass., provides temporary labor and workforce solutions for healthcare product manufacturers, including medical...

GigE conference: Judges hear from five firms ‘Shark Tank’ style; award goes to Bunker

Bunker, an online insurance broker focused on serving independent contractors, received the judges’ award during a panel on Thursday inspired by the “Shark Tank” television show at the Collaboration in the Gig Economy conference in Dallas. The conference was focused on the latest trends in technology,...

North Dakota and Colorado post lowest jobless rates in August

North Dakota and Colorado posted the lowest unemployment rate among all states in August, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The jobless rate was 2.3% in North Dakota and 2.4% in Colorado.

Alaska recorded the highest jobless rate among all states at 7.2% in August.

The BLS reported unemployment...

People: Allegis Partners, Beacon Hill, Korn Ferry

Executive search firm Allegis Partners, part of Allegis Group, announced Christine Sobhani joined the firm in New York as a managing director in the human resources practice. She has more than 20 years of recruiting experience and previously was VP of global client solutions at Korn/Ferry Futurestep....

Ontario labour minister on Bill 148 (Metro)

Metro reports on a discussion with Ontario Labour Minister Kevin Flynn about Bill 148, designed to address concerns around temporary work and raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour in 2019.

Startup’s employment experiment finds millennials are undecided on careers (Business Insider)

Business Insider reports plans for Jolt — a career development startup that provided employees with two-year “chapterships” to build skills for their dream jobs — didn’t work out as originally intended because its millennial workforce didn’t know what they wanted to do next.

Adecco acquisition yields platform for US life sciences presence

The Adecco Group, the world’s largest staffing firm, acquired BioBridges, a Boston-based firm providing integrated clinical development services, including personnel, to the life sciences sector. The transaction strengthens the Adecco Group’s professional solutions footprint and establishes a US...

GigE conference: How traditional staffing firms can compete with online human cloud platforms

Gig economy online human cloud platforms are still small — only one half of 1% of Americans cite an app-based platform as their primary job. However, they are growing and do represent a threat to staffing firms.

That was the message today in a keynote presentation by Stanford University Business Professor...