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Wells Fargo grants Ciber more time to strike deal, pay back loan (Denver Business Journal)
February 2, 2017IT solutions and staffing provider Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR) has a little more time to strike an M&A deal or pay off a Wells Fargo & Co. credit line, but the terms of its extension don’t look easy, the Denver Business Journal reports. The Greenwood Village, Colo.-based company had until Jan. 31...
Contracted: The end of employees (The Wall Street Journal)
February 2, 2017The outsourcing wave that moved apparel-making jobs to China and call-center operations to India is now just as likely to happen inside companies across the US and in almost every industry, The Wall Street Journal reports. For companies, the biggest allure of replacing employees with contract workers...
Agent of change (CWS 3.0)
February 2, 2017Odds are, you are a change agent, someone who indirectly or directly influences organizational evolution and most often brings about improvements to business processes, procedure or products. And as anyone who has ever struggled to keep a New Year’s resolution can tell you, following through on a personal...
‘Strong start,’ US adds 246,000 private sector jobs in January, ADP reports
February 1, 2017US private-sector employment rose by 246,000 jobs from December to January, according to the ADP national employment report. This is a jump from 151,000 jobs added in December and the largest increase since June, when private-sector employment rose by 262,000 jobs.
December’s increase was revised down...
Groupe Crit reports Q4 revenue up 10% like-for-like
February 1, 2017Workforce ecosystem firm Groupe Crit reported fourth-quarter revenue rose 10.2% on a like-for-like basis to €556.5 million (US$586.3 million); revenue was up 11.1% on a reported basis. The Paris-based company has staffing operations in Europe and elsewhere, and it owns South Bend, Ind.-based Peoplelink...
Meet the most influential leaders of the Latin American staffing industry
February 1, 2017For the first time, Staffing Industry Analysts is listing the 25 most influential leaders in the Latin American staffing industry. And the new list is now online.
The region represents untapped potential for the staffing industry with 12% of large firms surveyed by SIA planning to expand their contingent...
ADP reports PEO revenue up 12%
February 1, 2017PEO revenue rose 12% at ADP (NASD: ADP) in the company’s 2017 fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31. Roseland, NJ-based ADP provides other services, including paycheck processing. Total revenue rose 6% to $2.99 billion in the quarter; the increase was 7% on a constant-currency basis.
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Economy: Online job ads, US manufacturing, metro employment
February 1, 2017Online job ads rose, US manufacturing picked up speed in January, and the Boston metropolitan area posted the lowest jobless rate among all large, US metropolitan areas.
Online job ads
US online job ads edged up by 49,000 in January to more than 4.85 million, according to The Conference Board’s report...
Jackson Healthcare plans 30-acre Italian renaissance campus
February 1, 2017Healthcare staffing provider Jackson Healthcare announced a 306,000 square foot expansion project of its corporate headquarters in Alpharetta, Ga., which will accommodate 1,400 new associates. The company will break ground on the $100 million project in the winter of 2017.
The headquarters expansion includes...
Planning for H-1B cap season under the Trump administration (Lexology)
February 1, 2017The first week of April is the filing window for H-1B petitions subject to the cap on the number that can be issued. President Trump and Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions have called for reform of the H-1B program. Sarah Flannery and Staci Jenkins of Thompson Hine write in Lexology that anticipation...