Sharp Decisions acquires Denver and Phoenix staffing operations

Sharp Decisions Inc., a technology consulting firm headquartered in New York City, acquired the Denver and Phoenix offices of staffing firm CN-TEC in an asset purchase transaction.

The deal closed Feb. 29. Terms of the transaction were not announced.

CN-TEC will be rebranded and operate under the Sharp...

Sales by Express franchisees up 6% in 2015

Express Employment Professionals announced sales generated by its franchisees rose 6% year over year to $3.02 billion in 2015. The company placed 500,002 people last year compared 456,660 in 2014.

“The growth we’ve seen in our company is a testament to the culture of Express,” said Chairman and...

Gender’s role in tech compensation? Position gap does exist

Gender plays no role in compensation for technology professionals when comparing equal education levels, years of technical experience and job title, according to one analysis of job board Dice’s annual salary survey data of more than 16,000 tech professionals.

However, there are differences by gender...

Specialize to adapt in the staffing industry

“Two decades ago, a people person who could draw others out to talk about their work challenges made for a great salesperson in the staffing industry,” Kersten Buck writes in the latest issue of Staffing Industry Review. “Today the industry asks for tech savvy subject-matter experts who understand...

People: Heidrick, Judge Group, Calian, DLH and more

Executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. (NASD: HSII) named David Boehmer as global managing partner of its financial services practice. He previously led the financial service practice for the Americas. Boehmer will work out of the firm’s London office.

The Judge Group, a Philadelphia-based...

CDI reports Q4 revenue falls 11%

Engineering and IT staffing provider CDI Corp. (NYSE: CDI) reported fourth-quarter revenue fell 11.3%, but the decrease was 8.6% in constant currency. Revenue fell in all segments and net loss increased. However, gross margin edged up resulting primarily from a shift toward higher margin global engineering...

Hudson Q4 revenue down, but focus is now on core businesses

Fourth-quarter revenue fell 14.3% in constant currency at Hudson Global Inc. (NASD: HSON). However, it rose 0.9% on a constant-currency basis when excluding the Americas IT and its Netherlands business. Hudson sold its Americas IT staffing business to Mastech Inc. last June and sold its Netherland business...

Impellam full-year revenue rises

Impellam Group plc, one of the world’s largest staffing firms, reported revenue rose 34.3% in full-year 2015 to £1.78 billion (US$2.63 billion).

Comrise names new US president

Comrise Inc., a staffing and consulting company serving clients in the US and greater China, named Shelly Carolan as the organization’s new US president, effective Feb. 29. She replaces Sincia Liu, who steps up to become the president of Comrise Holding Inc.    

Carolan most recently...

Beige Book: Modest growth in labor markets

Labor market conditions continued to improve, with modest growth in the labor market from early January to late February, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report released Wednesday.

The Beige Book, a collection of observations from the 12 federal regional banks, provides a snapshot of current...