CyberCoders lists top IT, accounting and construction skills

Professional staffing firm CyberCoders, part of On Assignment Inc. (NYSE: ASGN), listed its most in-demand skills for professionals the IT, construction and accounting verticals in the fourth quarter.

For job-seekers in IT, React, a JavaScript library used for building user interfaces within large platforms...

Avionté acquires staffing software provider TKO Systems & Support

Avionté, a provider of front- and back-office software to the staffing industry, acquired TKO Systems & Support, also a provider of front and back-office staffing software to the staffing industry.

TKO is based in Holbrook, NY, and has been in the staffing space for more than 30 years. The transaction...

Sexual harassment, workplace violence rank among top HR compliance challenges, firm says

Sexual harassment, workplace violence, marijuana and data breaches rank among the top HR challenges for 2018, according to XpertHR, a provider of legal information to employers.

Here’s more on what the company found:

• Sexual harassment: From entertainment to Fortune 500 companies to the media to...

People: MDI, ALKU, Lyft, Options Group, Insperity and more

IT staffing provider MDI Group named Chris Cain as chief sales officer, effective Nov. 18. Cain has 27 years of leadership experience in IT staffing and most recently was a partner at M9 Solutions, where he managed three business units. Cain replaces Rob Persiano, who was appointed to the role in April....

Site aims to speed up life sciences recruitment, raises $3.3 million (Forbes)

Clora, a web platform for life sciences recruitment raised $3.3 million in a seed funding round, Forbes reported. It aims to match life sciences companies with on-demand talent. It claims to complete placements 10 times faster than traditional recruiting methods, according to the report. “There’s...

Korn Ferry total fee revenue up 10%, reports growth across divisions

Korn Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY) today reported total fee revenue rose 10.2%, or 8.9% in constant currency, in its fiscal second quarter ended Oct. 31. The Los Angeles-based provider of executive search and consulting reported the increase was across business lines. Fee revenue growth was partially...

More full-time positions to convert to contingent roles, Randstad Sourceright survey says

More than half of global human capital leaders expect to transfer one-third of their permanent positions to contingent roles in the near future, according to information from Randstad Sourceright’s Q4 2017 Talent Trends report.

The report’s survey included 700 global human capital leaders in 15 countries....

System One acquires staffing and services firm GAP Solutions

System One, which ranks on SIA’s list of largest US staffing firms, acquired GAP Solutions Inc., a professional services firm providing staffing and services to US government organizations.

The transaction closed Dec. 4; terms were not disclosed.

GAP Solutions’ services include human capital management,...

Bad hires cost an average $14,900 each last year, CareerBuilder survey finds

Companies lost an average of $14,900 on every bad hire in the last year, and it's a common mistake, according to a survey released today by CareerBuilder. Nearly three in four employers, 74%, reported they have hired the wrong person for a position.

When asked how a bad hire affected their business in...

Jobless claims average edges down; total claims fall by 2,000

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance edged down to 241,500 last week, a decrease of 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...