Former AMN CEO's new firm acquires healthcare staffing provider

American Health Staffing Group Inc. today announced it acquired Expedient Medstaff LLC, a travel nurse staffing provider based in the Detroit area. Executive chairman of American Health Staffing Group is Steve Francis, co-founder and former CEO of AMN Healthcare Inc. (NYSE: AHS).

Terms of the deal were...

North Dakota and Colorado post lowest jobless rates

North Dakota and Colorado posted the lowest unemployment rate among all states in July, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The jobless rate was 2.2% in North Dakota and 2.4% in Colorado.

Alaska recorded the highest jobless rate among all states at 7.0% in July.

The BLS reported little change...

Tight labor market forces employers to get creative (Upstate Business Journal)

Employers in upstate South Carolina, including staffing firms, are getting creative with hiring, the Upstate Business Journal in Greenville, SC reported. “I’ve been in the human resources business since the early ’80s, and it’s about as tight as I’ve seen it,” said Ed Parris, president of...

Mexico’s economy slows in Q2, but growth still solid (Dallas Federal Reserve)

Mexico’s economy posted solid growth in the second quarter even though GDP growth slowed to an annualized rate of 2.4% in the second quarter from 2.7% in the first quarter, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Exports, industrial production and employment improved, but retail...

People: Allegis Global Solutions, Uber

Allegis Global Solutions appointed Matt Charney as chief content officer, a new role at the firm. Charney will serve as the chief editor and content lead for the organization on the AGS Global marketing team. Charney will also continue to serve as a partner and executive editor at RecruitingDaily LLC....

ADP investor talks overhaul strategy amid push for board nominees

Activist investor Pershing Square Capital Management led by Bill Ackman — which is seeking the election of three of its nominees to the board of ADP (NASD: ADP) — held a conference call today to press its case, saying that the company’s success has caused it to grow lethargic and that it is underperforming...

Lying on résumés may be on the rise, survey says

When asked if they know someone who included false information on a résumé, 46% of workers said they did, according to a survey by OfficeTeam, a division of Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI). That’s up from 21% who said the same in a 2011 survey.

Areas cited as the most frequently embellished...

Economic index points to improvement in second half of year

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index increased 0.3% in July to a reading of 128.3 (2010=100) following a 0.6% increase in June.

“The US [Leading Economic Index] improved in July, suggesting the US economy may experience further improvements in economic activity in the second half of the year,”...

Four-week average of jobless claims falls; total claims lowest since February

The four-week moving average of jobless claims last week fell by 500 from the previous week’s unrevised average to a total of 240,500, according to seasonally adjusted data from the US department of Labor.

Total jobless claims fell by 12,000 to a total of 232,000 from the previous week’s unrevised...

Median salary for H-1B workers now $80,000 (Pew Research Center)

The median salary for H-1B visa workers was $80,000 in the 2016 federal fiscal year, up from $69,000 about a decade earlier, according to a report by the Pew Research Center. In addition, demand for H-1B visa holders has risen. H-1B visas are used to bring highly skilled workers such as IT and healthcare...