June 1, 2017 IT Staffing Report Explore In this issue, we touch on some of the results in our latest, annual IT Staffing Benchmarking Survey. Benchmarking survey offers unique insights into US IT staffing market Brian Wallins | May 30, 2017 In this article, we touch on some of the results in our latest, annual IT Staffing Benchmarking Survey. The survey provides in-depth visibility into the US IT staffing market by gathering data from the past two years on volume and rates by skill set and occupation.Click to find out more Bankruptcy court approves $93 million Ciber deal May 30, 2017 A US Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., approved the sale of IT solutions and staffing provider Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR) to HTC Global Services Inc. for $93 million.HTC Global's bid prevailed in an auction last week and significantly exceeds the $50 million floor price set by a Paris-based IT services firm Capgemini Group, Fox Business reported.Click to find out more IT staffing firm TSR rejects buyout offer May 30, 2017 IT staffing provider TSR Inc. (NASD: TSRI) announced that it will not pursue a proposal from shareholder Zeff Capital LP to acquire all outstanding shares of the company's common stock.Zeff Capital owned approximately 7.2% of TSR's issued and outstanding common stock as of May 18.Click to find out more CIOs report demand for enterprise architects up 26% May 30, 2017 CIOs increasingly focus on innovation in the midst of unprecedented global political and economic uncertainty, according to the 2017 Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey.Two-thirds of organizations, 64%, are adapting their technology strategies, with 89% maintaining or ramping up investment in innovation, including in digital labor.Click to find out more Upwork: Tech comprises 60% of in-demand skills list May 30, 2017 Asana work tracking ranks as the fastest-growing, in-demand skill in the US online jobs market, the first nontech skill ever to top the list, according to the first-quarter skills index released by Upwork. However, tech skills still comprise 60% of the list.The list includes the top 20 hottest skills on Upwork's online staffing platform.The four fastest-growing skills all made the list for first time, demonstrating rapid change in needs and highlighting that freelancers are fueling innovation.Click to find out more IT professionals set firmer boundaries May 30, 2017 The majority of IT professionals, six in 10, report they are less stressed now than at any point in their careers and 83% would still choose IT as a career, according to TEKsystems' annual IT Worker Stress Test and Work/Life Balance survey.This is aided by the fact that almost 70% of those polled said they are only expected to be accessible during traditional working hours, indicating a good work/life balance.Click to find out more Morson International buys cybersecurity firm May 30, 2017 Manchester-based technical recruitment firm Morson International acquired cybersecurity firm ESP Group, also based in Manchester.ESP Group will rebrand as Morson Cyber Security and specialize in cybersecurity managed services for the private and public sector. Morson stated that its new division aims to provide multiple regional security operations centers across the UK.Click to find out more Forget Websters: New Lexicon of staffing and contingent management terminology published — The Staffing Stream May 30, 2017 Before Rome burned, it was probably first besieged by acronyms. Indeed, for all I know, confusion brought on by the arcane language of specialist bureaucrats may have set the initial blaze.But thanks to the Staffing Industry Analysts Lexicon of staffing and contingent management terminology, history need not repeat itself.Click to find out more Toronto tech firms seeing more interest from US job seekers (CBC News) May 30, 2017 Last month, Roy Pereira, CEO of Toronto startup zoom.ai, received so many applications for a software engineering position from US-based job seekers that he thought they were fake, CBC News reported. Other greater Toronto area tech companies have noticed the same thing, reporting a rise in the number of US and internationally based tech workers wanClick to find out more Piece by piece: What do staffing firms look for in M&A deals? May 30, 2017 Mergers and acquisitions are a common feature of the ever-evolving staffing industry landscape. Roughly 8% of US staffing firms are acquired in any given year, according to an estimate last year by Staffing Industry Analysts, the publisher of this magazine.Click to find out more
