More than half tech professionals in metro New York tri-state area plan to switch jobs: Benchmark IT

Recruiting and retaining top talent is a constant challenge in the tri-state area of Metro New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, according to the “Candidate Perspective Survey,” released today by Benchmark IT.

More than half of the area IT professionals polled, 58%, reported they intend to switch...

San Francisco Fed president: Full employment not ‘fixed target’ — Staffing quote of the week

San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said the central bank should not be pleased with “full employment,” Yahoo Finance reported. “We shouldn’t think of ‘full employment’ as a fixed target, but instead think of it as something that can be moved,” Daly said. “From that perspective, there...

Uber releases report categorizing sexual assault claims (Bloomberg)

Uber yesterday released a new report, created in partnership with the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and the Urban Institute, that outlines how it will categorize incidents of sexual harassment, misconduct and assault. Bloomberg reported the taxonomy will help the human-cloud, ride-sharing...

Economists raise forecast for US job growth, outlook on unemployment rate mostly unchanged

Economists raised their estimates for job gains this year and in 2019 but kept their outlook for the unemployment rate mostly unchanged, according to the fourth-quarter Survey of Professional Forecasters released today by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

The economists expect the unemployment...

Upwork lists fastest-growing skills for Q3; Dropbox API tops list

The top 10 skills on online staffing provider Upwork’s (NASD: UPWK) third-quarter list of the 20 fastest-growing skills in the US freelance job market are new to the index, and 75% of all the skills made the index for the first time.

Skills related to biotech, software development and mixed reality experienced...

North American Staffing 100 list nominations close at end of month

The deadline to submit nominations for the North American Staffing 100 list of movers and shakers in the staffing industry for 2019 is coming up at the end of this month.

The list will appear in the January/February issue of Staffing Industry Review magazine and comprises 100 men and women who have made...

Brightfield Strategies names new top exec

Brightfield Strategies, a human capital strategies consultancy and data services provider, named Jesse Levin as CEO.

Levin joins Brightfield Strategies from CEB, where he ran strategy, corporate development, new ventures and investments, and built businesses that brought data...

New CEO for ettain group

IT staffing provider ettain group named Trent Beekman as its new CEO. He replaces Jeff Harris, former CEO and ettain group co-founder, who became chairman.

Beekman most recently led Modis North America’s retail temporary staffing and permanent placement business. Modis is an IT and engineering...

US hiring growth levels out: LinkedIn

US hiring growth has leveled out since the late summer, according to LinkedIn’s November Workforce Report. However, time will tell whether this is a temporary breather or a more sustained pause. 

Gross hiring in the US rose 3.8% year over year in September; seasonally adjusted national...

EEOC secures $505 million for workplace discrimination victims

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission secured approximately $505 million and other relief for more than 67,860 victims of discrimination in the workplace in fiscal year 2018, the department announced. The EEOC’s legal staff resolved 141 merit lawsuits, filed 199 more in the fiscal year and...