People: Landrum, Korn Ferry, IDR, PrideStaff

LandrumHR, a Pensacola, Fla.-based PEO and staffing provider, hired Deborah Brousseau as director of marketing. Brousseau has experience leading marketing departments for professional services companies, most recently in the legal recruiting industry. The firm also appointed Jeffrey Jones as sales development...

Next Americas Daily News coming Monday

The Americas Staffing Industry Daily News will not publish Thursday and Friday because of the Thanksgiving holiday. The next issue will be published Monday.

‘Honesty divide’ in hiring process, Canadian study claims

Discrepancies exist in the level of perceived honesty during recruitment in Canada, according to The Recruitment Risk Index, a Canada-based study commissioned by Xref.

The study found an overwhelming majority of Canadians, 93%, claim to make no exaggerations to their qualifications or work experience;...

Human cloud firm HopSkipDrive raises $7.4 million (TechCrunch)

Human cloud firm HopSkipDrive raised $7.4 million for its ride-sharing service for children, TechCrunch reported. The company operates in California locations and had previously raised $14.1 million. TechCrunch noted HopSkipDrive has a competitor in Zūm, and a similar company called Shuddle had shut...

Randstad reports October revenue in line with Q3; North America sees slight improvement

Randstad Holding nv reported revenue per working day increased 9% in October, in line with the third quarter, and volumes in November indicate a continuation of that trend. It stated robust growth continued in Europe, and topline growth in North America improved slightly compared to Q3.

The company announced...

Uber gets $8.9 million fine from Colorado over driver screening

Colorado regulators fined human cloud firm Uber $8.9 million yesterday for allowing individuals to drive who had disqualifying criminal or motor vehicle offenses, or did not have valid licenses.

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the civil penalty assessment notice to Uber’s parent company,...

Canadian staffing index posts solid year-over-year growth in October

The Canadian staffing index, which measures staffing activity in Canada, rose 10% in October from September to a reading of 120. On a year-over-year basis, the index was up 9% in October.

October 2017 had one more working day than October 2016.

“Even after accounting for one additional working day this...

Staffing brands are a collection of every single experience – Staffing quote of the week

“Brands today, certainly staffing brands, are the end result of a collection of every single experience that every single person has with us on a daily basis,” said Kristin Kelley, chief marketing officer at Randstad North America in a new article in Staffing Industry Review magazine. “So how we...

Kelly Services names chief marketing officer

Kelly Services (NASD: KELYA) announced Pete Boland will take on the role of chief marketing officer effective Jan. 1.

Boland replaces Carolyn Palmer, who retired earlier this year; he will report to executive VP Teresa Carroll. Boland's appointment follows the recent promotion of Kristin Supancich to...

MSP use plateaus in latest SIA staffing buyer survey; CW programs moving in-house?

Use of managed service providers has been increasing, but that use appears to have plateaued for now, according to research by Staffing Industry Analysts.

The three-year moving average of large firms that use an MSP was 63% this year, according to the new report “Workforce Solutions Buyers Survey: Trends...