Weekly staffing employment in Q3 essentially flat year over year, ASA reports

The number of workers employed per week by the US staffing industry in the third quarter was essentially flat, edging down 0.7% compared to the same period last year, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association. US staffing companies employed an average of 3.22 million temporary...

Feds indict 20 temps for false documentation at staffing firm

Following arrests lasts month, 20 undocumented workers were indicted for working under false identities, the US Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced Wednesday. The workers had been assigned to Memphis, Tenn.-based freight forwarder Expeditors International by staffing agency Provide...

Jobless claims average falls, initial claims down 11,000

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to 234,750 last week, down 6,750 from the previous week’s unrevised average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor.

The four-week moving average decreases the volatility...

Hiring plans in Mexico hold steady, ManpowerGroup survey finds

Mexican employers report steady hiring plans for the upcoming quarter, according to a survey by ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN).

The survey found 14% of employers in Mexico forecast an increase in staffing levels in the upcoming quarter; 4% anticipate a decrease and 81% expect no change. This yields a...

No office, no problem: Freelancers throw their own holiday office party (CBC News)

More than 100 freelancers in Calgary, Alberta, held their own office holiday party to bond over the benefits and challenges of working on their own, CBC news reported. “If these entrepreneurs and freelancers go home tonight and realize that they’re not alone, that there’s a whole network of people...

IT hiring to rise in first half of 2018, Robert Half CIO survey finds

Chief information officers in the US plan more hiring in the first half of 2018 than a year ago, according to the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Forecast and Local Trend Report released today.

The survey found 21% of CIOs in the US plan to add full-time technology professionals to their teams in the...

Target paying $550 million for human cloud firm Shipt

Retailer Target Corp. announced it will pay $550 million in cash for Shipt Inc., a human cloud firm that uses independent contractors — called shoppers — to deliver groceries and other goods from stores to end clients. Shipt is a competitor to Instacart, which appears on Staffing...

More than half of IT leaders expect overall staff salaries to increase next year, TEKsystems finds

More than half of IT leaders expect overall IT staff salaries to increase next year despite declining budget expectations for 2018, according to TEKsystems’ annual IT Forecast research.

The survey found 58% of IT leaders expect their overall IT staff’s salaries to increase in 2018, that compares to...

Shared responsibility for workers’ skills gap, ASA survey says

Institutions — schools, employers and government — all share responsibility for the skills gap in the US, according to the results of an American Staffing Association Workforce Monitor survey. However, individual accountability is also a top factor contributing to the challenge.

Three out of four...

Staffing firm becomes ‘social enterprise’ (Staffing Industry Review)

UK-based recruitment firm Cordant Group makes a paradigm shift and transforms itself into a social enterprise, Staffing Industry Review reports. “Companies that claim that label, in the form of Community Interest Companies, as they exist in the UK, agree to devote at least two-thirds of profits into...