Oxford comma key component in labor dispute ruling (CNN)

CNN reports an appeals court ruled in favor of a group of dairy drivers in a Maine labor dispute saying guidelines were made too ambiguous by the lack of an Oxford comma, an optional comma that is used before an “and” or “or” at the end of a list within a sentence. A group of dairy drivers argued...

Total talent management: fact or fiction? (CWS 3.0)

Over the last couple of years, much has been written and discussed around the topic of total talent management, a concept that integrates all aspects of workforce management from temporary agency workers and traditionally hired permanent employees to independent contractors, outsourced services and many...

Recently merged Beeline and IQN to operate under Beeline brand

The combined Beeline and IQN vendor management system businesses will operate under the Beeline brand, with the IQN brand remaining for the IQN VMS product. The branding announcement follows the acquisition of a majority stake in Beeline last December by private equity firm GTCR from Adecco. GTCR already...

MDI Group names former Experis exec as chief sales officer

IT staffing provider MDI Group named Rob Persiano as chief sales officer. Persiano has more than 20 years of experience in IT staffing and most recently served as senior regional VP at Experis, a division of ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN).

“Our people and our clients are the cornerstones of our organization,...

Private equity firm acquires Chicago-based IT staffing provider

Chicago-based private equity firm Highlands Ventures LLC acquired Geneva Technical Services LLC, an IT consulting and staffing services firm also headquartered in Chicago, in a deal that closed Feb. 15. Terms of the transaction were not announced.

Highlands Ventures will gradually fold Geneva Technical...

Malone Workforce Solutions to acquire OmniSource Staffing

Malone Workforce Solutions agreed to acquire OmniSource Staffing. The transaction, which is expected to close by the end of March, is subject to customary closing conditions. Terms were not disclosed.

Both firms target the light industrial staffing sector. OmniSource Staffing will rebrand to...

Peoplenet acquires technology startup Fyre

Peoplenet, an Atlanta-based timekeeping software firm, acquired staffing technology start-up firm Fyre.

The transaction closed March 10; terms were not disclosed.

Fyre’s technology connects staffing software platforms directly with vendor management systems, applicant tracking systems and job boards....

Chicago, south Florida firms report optimistic hiring plans for accounting/finance and IT

Human resources professionals and hiring managers in the greater Chicago and south Florida markets report the highest number of open positions within accounting, finance and information technology in almost a year, according to the second-quarter hiring forecast study conducted by staffing provider Brilliant...

2017 IT Staffing Benchmarking Survey now open

Staffing Industry Analysts has launched the 2017 IT Staffing Benchmarking Survey, designed to elucidate the trends and practices that are unique to this evolving industry segment.

This survey will improve visibility into the IT staffing market in the US by gathering data on volume and rates for 2015 and...

CEO optimism shows biggest increase since 2009 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg reports optimism among CEOs of some of the largest US companies jumped in the first quarter by the most since the economy was emerging from the last recession, as the outlook for sales, the labor market and investment brightened considerably. The Business Roundtable’s CEO Economic Outlook...