Inclusive culture, the right kind of training are needed for remote work

Remote work and internal staffing employees working from home was one of the topics at Executive Forum North America. It’s a trend that’s continuing, but managing remote workers can bring challenges. For more on the topic, read the latest post in Staffing Stream. 

Finance execs are most optimistic since Q2 of 2021: Richmond Fed

Chief financial officers are the most optimistic about the US economy since the second quarter of 2021, according to The CFO Survey released today by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Virginia. On a scale of 0 to 100, CFOs rated their optimism as 61 in the new survey. That’s up from 58 in the previous...

Glassdoor CEO confirms commitment to anonymity following allegations

Glassdoor will continue to allow users to anonymously sign up to review companies they have worked for, Glassdoor CEO Christian Sutherland-Wong confirmed.

The jobs community site was accused last week of revealing the identity of an anonymous user profile.

“Protecting anonymity is at the core of our...

Optimism amid turbulence, even as staffing and GDP diverge

Special note: The growth rate for 2023 has been updated to a contraction of 15%.

The staffing industry should grow along with GDP, right? Not recently. GDP growth is positive, while industry revenue fell 15% last year, according to preliminary estimates from SIA. This was after strong growth in 2021 and...

Staffing hours suggest market conditions deteriorated during Q1: SIA | Bullhorn Staffing Indicator

US temp staffing hours edged down 0.6% in the week ended March 16 compared to the previous week, according to the latest SIA | Bullhorn Staffing Indicator report. Commercial staffing hours also fell 0.6%, while professional staffing hours were down 0.9%.

Health Carousel to pay $9.25 million to resolve visa fraud allegations

Health Carousel agreed to pay $9.25 million and pledged an additional $8 million for healthcare projects to resolve a federal investigation over visa fraud, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio announced. 

The Cincinnati-based healthcare staffing firm allegedly submitted false...

LRS Healthcare invests in Staffing Engine

LRS Healthcare, a healthcare staffing firm based in Omaha, Nebraska, announced an investment in Staffing Engine, a recruiting acceleration platform based in Boulder, Colorado.  

Founded in 2020, Staffing Engine enables staffing firms to increase productivity using conversational bots. The investment...

Consumer confidence unchanged in March amid anxiety about economic outlook

Consumer confidence in the US was “essentially unchanged” in March following a decline in February amid rising anxiety about the economy's outlook, The Conference Board reported today. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index now stands at a reading of 104.7 (1985=100), a decline from a downwardly...

Guarding your future: Cybersecurity and risk in the staffing industry

Machine learning can make staffing firms significantly more efficient. Unfortunately, it also makes them more vulnerable to cybercriminals and hacks.

That was the message of Neil Khatod, chief information security officer Americas and the chief of veterans outreach for Hays, who spoke at SIA’s Staffing...

ShiftPixy to acquire northern California-based staffing provider

ShiftPixy Inc. (NASDAQ: PIXY) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire an unnamed provider of human capital in Northern California.  

The company to be acquired has a “strong” market presence in Northern California and an annual revenue run rate of $58 million, according to ShiftPixy....