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Uber, Lyft to leave Minneapolis over driver pay regulation

March 15, 2024

Lyft and Uber said they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s Council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require rideshare companies in the city increase wages for independent contractor drivers to the equivalent of the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour, The Associated...


People on the move: Recruiter.com, Adecco, Tandym, Lexitas, Questpro, H.I.G., more

March 15, 2024

Recruiter.com Group Inc. (NASDAQ: RCRT) appointed Granger Whitelaw as its new CEO and president, according to a regulatory filing. He succeeds Miles Jennings in the role, who resigned from the roles on March 7 but will remain with the company as a director and interim CFO as well as CEO of a subsidiary...


BGSF revenue slips in property management, professional

March 14, 2024

BGSF Inc. (NYSE: BGSF), a Plano, Texas-based staffing provider, reported fourth-quarter revenue fell 4.8% to $73.6 million. The biggest decrease was in the company’s property management segment, where revenue fell 7.3% year over year in the fourth quarter. BGSF’s professional segment also saw revenue...


RCM revenue edges up, growth led by life sciences and IT

March 14, 2024

Fourth-quarter revenue at RCM Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: RCMT) rose 1.1% year over year to $71.0 million. The biggest growth came in the Pennsauken, New Jersey-based staffing firm’s life sciences and IT segment, where revenue rose 13.9%.

RCM’s specialty healthcare segment also posted an increase,...


Hudson cites tech hiring slowdown, sees improvement ahead

March 14, 2024

RPO provider Hudson Global Inc. (NASDAQ; HSON) reported fourth-quarter revenue fell amid a slowdown in tech and hiring delays. However, the Old Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm sees improvements coming this year.

“Our fourth quarter financial results continued to reflect the year-over-year impact of...


ShiftPixy terminates CFO and COO, hires back past exec

March 14, 2024

ShiftPixy Inc. (NASDAQ: PIXY) terminated the employment of CFO Douglas Beck and Chief Operating Officer Amanda Murphy effective March 6. The moves were announced in a March 11 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

ShiftPixy also announced that it appointed Patrice Launay as its new CFO...


Measure of tech jobs turns positive for first time in 2 years

March 14, 2024

The TechServe Alliance’s three-month moving average of tech employment turned positive in February for the first time in almost two years. The measured improved as IT employment in the US inched up by 2,000 jobs in February for total employment of more than 5.3 million.

“After 23 consecutive months...


ZRG acquires marketing and sales executive search firm

March 14, 2024

ZRG, the seventh-largest US executive search firm, acquired Wiser Partners, a Cincinnati-headquartered executive search firm focused on marketing and sales roles.

“By welcoming Wiser Partners, ZRG gains valuable experience in working with marketing, sales and analytics senior executives at Fortune 100...


Majority of boomers say their age is disadvantage in job market

March 14, 2024

More than two thirds of baby boomers, 68%, say their age puts them at a disadvantage when trying to find a new job, according to the Workforce Monitor report released today by the American Staffing Association.

In comparison, only 53% of Gen X said their age put them at a disadvantage, as did 29% of millennials...


US jobless claims fall by 1,000, remain at historically low levels

March 14, 2024

US initial jobless claims fell by 1,000 in the week ended Mar. 9 to a total of 209,000, according to the US Department of Labor. The previous week’s level was revised downward by 7,000.

The Associated Press noted that claims remain at historically low levels, reflecting a thriving labor market even...