Randstad Canada names new presidents for engineering and technologies divisions

Randstad Canada appointed Carolyn Levy to president of Randstad Technologies; Levy previously served as president of engineering and Randstad inhouse services. The company also named Jeremy Peters as president of Randstad Engineering. 

Levy previously was president of engineering and Randstad inhouse...

Recruitment firm Search Wizards taps former Monster exec as president

Search Wizards Inc., a recruitment firm target talent acquisition professionals, announced Eric Winegardner joined the company as president effective Oct. 9. Winegardner most recently was senior VP at Monster Worldwide Inc.

Winegardner will be responsible for all day-to-day operations, developing and...

Investment firm buys UltraForce Staffing Services of North Carolina

The William Gaston Fund, a private investment fund managed by Gaston Capital of Belmont, NC, purchased UltraForce Staffing Services, a North Carolina professional staffing firm.

UltraForce has offices in Gastonia, Shelby and Lincolnton, NC. The company provides staffing on a temporary, temp-to-hire or...

Head of Randstad North America Linda Galipeau talks leadership, disruption and the role of women (Staffing Industry Review)

Head of Randstad North America, Linda Galipeau, discusses how she got started in the staffing industry, her leadership style, the gig economy and more in Staffing Industry Review magazine. “I take nothing for granted,” Galipeau said in a quote from the story. “I have always believed in scrutinizing...

CrowdFlower CEO is ‘forever grateful’ to former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick (Business Insider)

CrowdFlower founder Lukas Biewald discusses the early days of the human cloud firm and his relationship with Uber founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick in a Business Insider article. CrowdFlower is crowdsourcing platform serving artificial intelligence development teams.

TSR revenue up 11.8%, but gross margin narrows at IT staffing firm

IT staffing provider TSR Inc. (NASD: TSRI) reported revenue rose 11.8% in its fiscal first quarter ended Aug. 31. But gross margin narrowed and net income fell at the Hauppauge, NY-based firm.

Freelancer management system Kalo adds execs from SAP, Zenefits and names exec to advisory board

Freelancer management system Kalo appointed former SAP executive Simon Gershey as chief technology officer and former Zenefits executive Kristin Goetterman as VP of global sales and customer success. The company also announced a new member of its advisory board — Betsy Morgan, former CEO of TheBlaze...

Retailers’ seasonal hiring plans for the holidays are mixed

Retailers’ seasonal hiring picture for the holidays is mixed. One survey found a majority of retailers expect hiring to rise while another expected hiring to be down. And looking at individual retailers, some plan to hire more seasonal employees this year, while others plan less hiring.

Korn Ferry surveyed...

People: Oasis Outsourcing, HealthTrust Workforce, ZRG Partners

Professional employer organization Oasis Outsourcing promoted Ruth Trezevant Cyrus to executive VP, acquisition integration. In this newly created role, she will manage the acquisition integration strategy, implementation, and profit and loss. Cyrus was formerly senior VP, marketing and partner management,...

California governor signs legislation banning salary history inquiries (Lexology)

California joins other states and municipalities in banning inquiries into salary history of applicants, Benjamin Ebbink of law firm Fisher Phillips writes in a Lexology post. Gov. Jerry Brown yesterday signed Assembly Bill 168, a bill that prohibits public and private employers from seeking or relying...