Minneapolis area posts lowest jobless rate in September among large US metros

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area in Minnesota and Wisconsin posted the lowest unemployment rate among all large, US metropolitan areas in September at 2.2%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics announced today.

The New Orleans-Metairie area in Louisiana posted the highest jobless rate among large...

Word of the month: Master service agreement

“Master service agreement” is defined by Staffing Industry Analysts’ online Lexicon of workforce solutions ecosystem terms as a contract reached between parties in which the parties agree to most of the terms that will govern future transactions or future agreements. Often companies...

Amazon to hire thousands of seasonal delivery drivers for last-mile shipping program (Business Insider)

Business Insider reports Amazon plans to hire and manage thousands of seasonal, full-time drivers to transport packages to customers from Amazon delivery outposts across the US. The online retail giant will manage these drivers directly, meaning the company will set their wages, provide them delivery...

New private equity firm acquires IT staffing provider Eliassen Group

Funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC, a private equity firm based in Greenwich, Conn., acquired Eliassen Group. The IT and life sciences staffing firm was previously a portfolio company of Riverside Partners. 

The transaction closed today. Eliassen Group’s current executives will remain...

Employment trends index rebounds in October, points to acceleration in wage growth

The Conference Board’s US Employment Trends Index rose in October, following a decrease in the prior month. The index in October rose 4.6% year over year to a reading of 110.72, up from the downwardly revised reading of 110.39 in September.

“After last month’s decline, the Employment Trends Index...

Nearly half of job searches by veterans focus on three industries: Monster

Three industries comprise nearly half of all veteran job searches after leaving active duty, according to the 2018 Veteran Hiring survey released today by Monster and Military.com. The three sectors veterans are most interested in pursuing jobs in are information technology/information...

Healthcare Staffing Summit begins today in Denver

Staffing Industry Analysts’ Healthcare Staffing Summit kicks off today in Denver; more than 700 are attending. This year’s theme is “Outperforming a Challenging Market,” and it will cover trends in human staffing from travel nursing to the human cloud.

The event starts at 4 p.m. with an analysts’...

US nonmanufacturing activity decelerates in October, employment metric also falls

Economic activity in the US nonmanufacturing sector decelerated in October, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s nonmanufacturing index, released today.

ISM’s nonmanufacturing index fell to a reading of 60.3 in October from a reading of 61.6 in September.

Readings above 50 generally indicate...

Authorities arrest owner of staffing firms on suspicion of H-1B visa fraud

The owner and CEO of four California staffing companies was arrested Friday on charges relating to H-1B visa fraud, the US Department of Labor and US Attorney’s Office announced. A federal grand jury indicted Kishore Kumar Kavuru on 10 counts of visa fraud and 10 counts of mail fraud in connection...

Amazon hiring fewer workers this holiday season; is automation replacing them? (Quartz)

Amazon expects to hire about 100,000 additional workers this holiday season, down from the 120,000 additional workers it brought on board the previous two holiday seasons. Citi analyst Mark May says he thinks the reduction in seasonal hiring is strong evidence that Amazon is succeeding with plans to...