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With all of the football games on display over the holidays, we were provided some clear examples of how leadership, strategy and execution combine to determine who achieves their goal and who falls short. Similarly, IT staffing is a collaborative endeavor, and in order to be successful all members of the team need to be on the same page - working from a common playbook, if you will. We aim to provide such a resource in the form of our recently published IT Staffing Growth Assessment 2016.

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Get your playbook for the 2017 IT staffing season

Andrew Braswell | January 2, 2017

With all of the football games on display over the holidays, we were provided some clear examples of how leadership, strategy and execution combine to determine who achieves their goal and who falls short. Similarly, IT staffing is a collaborative endeavor, and in order to be successful all members of the team need to be on the same page - working from a common playbook, if you will.

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IT hiring in US to slow in first half of 2017, Robert Half survey finds

January 2, 2017

Chief information officers in the US plan to add fewer IT staff in the first half of 2017 than they planned to add in the second half of 2016, according to the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Forecast and Local Trend Report.

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Private equity firm acquires Sonoma Consulting

January 2, 2017

Chicago-based private equity firm Highlands Ventures acquired Sonoma Consulting Inc., an IT consulting and executive search firm also headquartered in Chicago. Sonoma Consulting will merge with Highlands Ventures' current portfolio company, Halo Group LLC.The deal brings Halo into Highlands Ventures' home territory.The transaction closed Dec. 21; terms were not disclosed.The Sonoma Consulting brand is transitioning to Halo Group and all staff will remain.

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Two CDI shareholders call for evaluating strategic alternatives

January 2, 2017

Two shareholders in CDI Corp.

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IT workers’ wages to edge up 2.8%

January 2, 2017

Wage increases for IT jobs in recent years have been modest, and the coming year looks to be no different, according to the 2017 IT Salary Report released by Computer Economics. IT workers at the median will receive a pay raise in the neighborhood of 2.8%."It's déjà vu all over again for most IT workers," said Tom Dunlap, research director of Computer Economics. "Employers are for the most part holding the line on pay increases, hitting about the same number as last year.

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Temp Holdings invests in US-based coding boot camp

January 2, 2017

Temp Holdings Co. Ltd. is investing in Hack Reactor LLC, a coding boot camp based in San Francisco. The amount of the investment was not announced.Hack Reactor is led by co-founder and CEO Tony Phillips. The company says its mission is to empower students to succeed in new careers in software engineering, and its immersion education trains students 11 hours per day six days per week over a 12-week period.

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TEKsystems’ forecast finds 43% expect to increase contingent IT staff

January 2, 2017

The majority of IT leaders expect both their full-time and contingent workforce teams to grow or remain the same, according to TEKsystems' annual IT Forecast research.

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Workplace trends for 2017: Talent acquisition execs, are you ready? — The Staffing Stream

January 2, 2017

With the new year upon us, there comes a time for reflection – and strategic planning for the years ahead. Read on to learn about what we think will be the hot workplace trends in the industry for 2017.NEW YEAR, NEW TRENDS?Not necessarily.

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Disney IT workers file lawsuit (Bloomberg BNA)

January 2, 2017

A new lawsuit claims Walt Disney Parks and Resorts US Inc. discriminated against a class of IT employees by terminating them and outsourcing their work to contractors that employ workers with temporary visas.

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Navigating the future — Staffing Industry Review

January 2, 2017

Since the Great Recession, it has been an ambitious journey for those of us in the staffing industry. Revenue dropped, hiring freezes ensued and clients implemented massive layoffs. To be staffing industry leaders, we had to be creative to stand apart from the competition and, most importantly, to keep our businesses moving forward.

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