Average starting salaries show little change for 2018 bachelors’ grads at $50,004

Salaries for the class of 2018 show little change from that paid to their class of 2017 counterparts, according to preliminary salary survey data released by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

NACE’s Fall 2018 Salary Survey found the overall average salary for the class of 2018 is $50,004, down...

Apple CEO warns AI must ‘respect human values’ – Staffing quote of the week

Apple CEO Tim Cook warned against big tech companies infringing on people’s privacy to develop artificial intelligence, Business Insider reported. “Advancing AI by collecting huge personal profiles is laziness, not efficiency,” Cook said last week in a speech at a privacy conference in Brussels,...

US defense and energy departments tap crowdsourcing programs for security, innovation

The US Department of Defense awarded contracts to three private-sector Silicon Valley firms, boosting its capacity to run bug bounties aimed at strengthening security for internal Department of Defense assets. The contracts were made via the department’s “Hack the Pentagon” crowdsourced security...

Companies leading in disability inclusion outperform peers: Accenture

US companies that embrace best practices for persons with disabilities in their workforces outperformed their peers between 2015 and 2018, according to a new research report from Accenture in partnership with Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities.

The...

Economists expect GDP growth to exceed 2% in next four quarters: NABE

US economic growth is expected to continue for the next 12 months, according to the “October 2018 NABE Business Conditions Survey” released today by the National Association for Business Economics, an organization of business economists and others who use economics in the workplace.

While the panel’s...

These types of managers may cause employees to pick up and leave: Yoh

Regardless of current compensation, benefits, workplace location or office perks, having a poor manager could lead many employed Americans to explore other career options, according to a new survey released by Yoh.

The survey found 53% of respondents cited a lack of respect for employees in lesser positions...

Education staffing firm hit with $3 million tax lien prior to closure (Crain’s Detroit Business)

The Internal Revenue Service placed a $3.27 million lien for unpaid payroll taxes on Professional Educational Services Group LLC on Oct. 8 — two weeks before the education staffing firm abruptly ceased operations last week, Crain’s Detroit Business reported. PESG owes the IRS $3.15 million in...

Industry surfing the automation swell successfully (Staffing Industry Review)

Staffing Industry Analysts' VP of Strategic Research Jon Osborne examines how the industry has been warming up to automation. SIA research indicates temp agency jobs are at risk, but it's not a doom's day scenario. Rather, it's a wave the industry has been surfing successfully. Read the full article...

GDP grows at 3.5% in third quarter, fastest two-quarter growth in four years

US real gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 3.5% in the third quarter, according to the “advance” estimate of GDP growth released today by the US Commerce Department.

Real GDP for the US increased 4.2% in the second quarter.

The deceleration in real GDP growth in the third quarter reflects...

Payroll growth solid in October; tight labor market holding back recruitment: IHS Markit

Payroll growth is solid this month, but the US private-sector rate of job creation decelerated to its slowest since June 2017, according to the IHS Markit Flash US Purchasing Managers Index. Services industries reported that tight labor market conditions had held back recruitment plans.

“The flash PMI...