Motion Recruitment Partners acquires MDI Group

Motion Recruitment Partners, a Boston-based firm that provides IT staffing through its Jobspring Partners and Workbridge Associates brands, acquired IT staffing provider MDI Group, headquartered in Atlanta.

Motion Recruitment is also the parent company of recruitment process outsourcing provider Sevenstep....

Proposed joint-employer rule could leave more workers unable to hold employers accountable; may cost workers $1.3 billion

The proposed narrowing of the joint-employer standard will make collective bargaining among subcontracted and temporary workers “nearly impossible,” and could cost American workers $1.3 billion in lost wages annually, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

EPI Director of Policy Heidi Shierholz...

Performance reviews now shorter, conducted more often

The performance review is getting a makeover, suggests new research from OfficeTeam, a division of Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI). About half of companies, 51%, have updated their performance appraisal processes in the past two years.

Top changes include making the process shorter, cited...

Blue-collar workers now scarcer than white-collar workers: The Conference Board

Reversing a decades-long trend in the US jobs market, companies are now having a more difficult time finding blue-collar workers than white-collar workers, according to research conducted by The Conference Board.

The analysis released today forecasts that growing blue-collar labor shortages will continue...

IT hiring to increase in first half but staffing challenges exist: Robert Half Technology

Many technology teams will be growing in the first half of 2019, but staffing challenges exist, according to Robert Half Technology’s State of US Tech Hiring research, released today. Sixty-three percent of IT hiring decision makers polled plan to expand the size of their teams by adding full-time...

Spending on project-based IT services and training to increase: TEKsystems

Organizations expect to increase spending on project-based IT services and training but maintain their spend on outsourcing and talent-based services, according to TEKsystems’ annual IT Forecast Survey. However, organizations will look externally for managed project and training and professional development...

BelFlex acquires North Carolina staffing firm

BelFlex Staffing Network, a light industrial staffing agency, acquired Cape Fear Staffing in Fayetteville, NC.

The location expands BelFlex’s footprint in the region, which has offices in Raleigh-Durham, Sanford, Clayton and Winston-Salem, NC; and Greenville, SC.

The transaction closed Dec. 7; terms...

Half of nurses surveyed considered leaving field, struggles persist with burnout

Burnout, overwork and harassment affected nurses and impact patient care in 2018, due in large part to the national nurse shortage, according to research released by travel nurse staffing provider RNnetwork.

The study found nearly half of all respondents, 49%, have considered leaving nursing in the past...

Canadian employers expect slow-but-steady job gains: ManpowerGroup

Canadian employers expect slow-but-steady gains in employment, according to the first-quarter Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, released by ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN). Canadian organizations plan to add staff across all 10 industry sectors in the first quarter.

The Canada survey found 14% of employers...

Hiring stable or trending upward in Q1, Express survey finds

Businesses are reporting a positive outlook for the job market in the first quarter of 2019, according to a hiring trends survey released today by Express Employment Professionals.

The survey found 53% of respondents expect the job market to stay the same in the first quarter, 38% see it trending upward...