Illegal kickbacks for foreign farm workers brings federal fraud conviction (StarTribune)

An Ohio woman has been convicted in a conspiracy that required foreign laborers at a Minnesota farm to pay illegal fees and kickbacks, the StarTribune reports. Sandra Lee Bart and a co-defendant recruited mostly agricultural employers — including for the Svihel Vegetable Farm in Foley, Minn. — to...

Randstad to acquire Monster Worldwide for $429 million

Global staffing provider Randstad Holding nv agreed to acquire Monster Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: MWW) for an enterprise value of approximately $429 million.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, Randstad agreed to commence a tender offer through a wholly-owned subsidiary to acquire all of the outstanding...

Recruit net sales rise 18%, Indeed up 64%

Recruit Holdings Co., one of the world’s largest staffing firms, reported net sales rose 18.4% to ¥407.5 billion (US$3.9 billion) in its fiscal first quarter ended June 30.

List ranks largest engineering staffing firms in US by revenue

Aerotek (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 at least $50 million...

Command Center Q2 revenue falls 5%, flat outside North Dakota

Command Center Inc. (OTC: CCNI) reported second-quarter revenue fell 4.9% year over year to $21.7 million, driven in large part by a $1.6 million decline, or 42%, at the industrial staffing provider’s branches in North Dakota, a state economically dependent on the health of the oil industry.

The industrial...

'Everything you could have asked for and more' — Staffing quote of the week

“The July jobs report was everything you could have asked for and more,” Michelle Meyer, a senior economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York, told Reuters. “Provided the strength in jobs is confirmed with other economic data, the Fed will have sufficient reason to hike (rates) this...

As security clearance reviews drag, contractors change recruitment strategy (Federal News Radio)

An increasingly sluggish security review process is forcing some recruiters, contractors and agencies to change the way they enlist newly qualified, cleared candidates, Federal News Radio reports. The article analyzes a ClearanceJobs.com survey that found turnover among cleared federal contractors...

List ranks largest US healthcare staffing firms by revenue

AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AHS) ranks as the largest healthcare staffing firm in the US in terms of healthcare temporary staffing revenue, according to Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2016 report on the largest healthcare staffing firms. CHG Healthcare ranked second, followed by Cross Country...

Healthcare credentialing processes taking longer than five, six weeks

More than two-thirds of credentialing processes, 67%, take longer than five to six weeks to get a clinician up and running, according to a survey released today by SkillSurvey Inc.

Additional survey findings include:

• 62% of respondents said it takes from one to three weeks for peer references to...

Employment trends index rises, but also suggests slowing ahead

The Conference Board’s US Employment Trends Index rose in July to a reading of 128.28 from June’s downwardly revised reading of 127.89. The July reading, which followed an increase in June, is up 1.6% from the same month a year ago.  

“The Employment Trends Index is still suggesting that...