IT job growth sluggish, shortage of professionals an impediment

Though more IT and engineering jobs are being created in the US, the latest job numbers show the pace has been falling off, according to the TechServe Alliance, the trade association of the IT and engineering staffing and solutions industry.

“For the past three months, the rate of IT jobs growth has...

It’s National Locum Tenens Week

This National Locum Tenens organization has proclaimed this week as “National Locum Tenens Week.”

It’s the first time the organization has proclaimed a week dedicated to locum tenens. It aims to have the week serve as an annual platform to recognize physicians and advanced practitioners.

“This...

Human cloud firm Lyft will always have human drivers (Recode)

Lyft will always have human drivers despite the push for autonomous vehicles, Lyft’s Director of Product Taggart Matthiesen told Recode. “Drivers have always been part of our family, they have been core to our service,” Matthiesen said. Human cloud firm Lyft has also announced two acquisitions....

Business groups raise concerns over Ontario labor bill (National Post)

Business groups in Ontario raised concerns about new labor bill 148, saying it will put 185,000 jobs at risk, the National Post reported. The bill would raise the minimum wage to C$!5 per hour and mandate equal pay for temporary workers, according to a legal update by Staffing Industry Analysts.

SIA ranks largest engineering staffing firms in US by revenue

Aerotek, a division of Allegis Group, ranks as the largest supplier of engineering staffing in the US in terms of engineering temporary staffing revenue, according to a new report released by Staffing Industry Analysts. The annual list of largest US engineering staffing firms includes companies with...

Philadelphia forecasters lower growth outlook; Reuters poll sees growth for at least two more years

The US economy’s growth outlook for the next three years looks slightly weaker, according to the Philadelphia Federal Reserves’ Survey of Professional Forecasters, released today. However, a separate economic survey by media company Reuters found economists believe the current expansion should...

Human cloud firm Care.com revenue up 9% in Q2, sees growth ahead

Human cloud firm Care.com (NYSE: CRCM) yesterday reported second-quarter revenue rose 9.4% and the number of “members” rose 22% year over year. Care.com also reported growth ahead with third-quarter revenue expected to be up year over year by 7.6% to 8.8%.

The Waltham, Mass.-based firm connects families...

CHG officially opens new HQ, includes onsite health clinic and ‘people hub’

CHG Healthcare Services, the second-largest US healthcare staffing firm, officially opened its new headquarters today in Midvale, Utah. Features at the campus include a free health clinic, onsite gym and fitness center, an outdoor sports court, amphitheater, and a coffee and smoothie bar.

“Listening...

Interview process taking a day longer, global study says

The time it takes to complete the average interview process globally increased by about a day this year, according to a report released by Glassdoor. The process takes 23.7 days thus far in 2017, up from 22.5 days in 2016.

The study found a wide range across countries in the number of days it takes to...

OpsArc Solutions acquires BWSI and its TempWizard staffing software

OpsArc Solutions Inc. acquired Phoenix-based staffing software company BusinessWare Services Inc. and its TempWizard front-office software for staffing firms. The transaction closed last week; terms were not disclosed.

OpsArc, based in Princeton, NJ, is a cloud-based human capital management platform....