Ciber to sell business in Germany and Denmark

IT solutions and staffing provider Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR) agreed to sell its business in Germany and Denmark to Allgeier SE, a Munich-based IT staffing and software firm.

According to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the firms signed a purchase agreement for the sale of all of...

Private equity firm acquires healthcare VMS provider AHSA

BelHealth Investment Partners LLC, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, acquired American HealthCare Staffing Association LLC, a hospital VMS provider.

The transaction closed Jan. 31; terms were not disclosed.

AHSA, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Traverse City, Mich., provides 200 member facilities...

Aya Healthcare files antitrust litigation against AMN

Two large healthcare staffing firms appear set for a new court fight. Aya Healthcare accused AMN Healthcare (NYSE: AMN) of attempted monopolization and restraint of trade in a lawsuit filed last Thursday in federal court.

In its complaint, Aya argues AMN uses uncompetitive practices to restrict the available...

Employment trends index edges up, suggests job growth could accelerate

The Conference Board’s US Employment Trends Index edged up in January to a reading of 130.04 from December’s upwardly revised reading of 129.73. The January reading, which followed a slight decrease in December, is up 2.4% from the same month a year ago.

“The continued growth in the Employment Trends...

Manpower North America exec discusses job skills revolution (Milwaukee Business News)

According to Michael Stull, senior VP for Manpower North America, assisting job seekers in becoming more employable, developing relevant skills and building careers while connecting businesses with the best-matched talent has never been more important, Milwaukee Business News reports. “Companies have...

Facebook vulnerable to expected changes in H-1B visa program (Reuters)

Among Silicon Valley’s top tech employers, Facebook Inc. could be the most vulnerable to US President Donald Trump’s expected crackdown on guest-worker visas, according to a Reuters analysis of US Labor Department filings. More than 15% of Facebook’s US employees in 2016 used a temporary work visa,...

US temp jobs rise by 14,800, overall job growth exceeds forecast

Temporary help jobs rose by 14,800 in January from December, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The year-over-year growth rate jumped to 3.26% in January from 1.23% in December.

January’s job numbers reflect the annual revisions the BLS makes...

Data scientist tops CareerCast list of in-demand jobs

Data scientist is the toughest job to fill this year, according to new CareerCast report on in-demand jobs for 2017.

The challenge hiring managers face for many of the most in-demand professions is finding applicants with the necessary skills, according to the report. Because data scientist is a relatively...

Uber CEO quits Trump’s advisory council (Los Angeles Times)

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick quit a panel advising President Trump on economic issues, according to a memo sent to staff Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Kalanick faced mounting pressure from employees and customers to leave the council, especially after Trump signed an executive order Friday barring...

More Colorado businesses dropping pot from pre-employment drug tests (The Denver Post)

Marijuana testing by Colorado businesses has slowly declined over the past two years as 7% dropped the drug from pre-employment tests while 3% removed it from all drug tests, The Denver Post reports. “It’s because we have low unemployment,” said Curtis Graves, an attorney with the Mountain States...