Dec. 3, 2020

The Adecco Group's Vettery acquired Hired Inc., a San Francisco-based online recruitment platform focused on matching technology talent with jobs.Vettery is also an online recruitment platform; it concentrates on jobs in technology, sales and finance."Hired and Vettery have independently succeeded in helping over 17,000 companies build top technology teams by connecting over 3 million diverse, vetted candidates to job opportunities," said Josh Brenner, CEO of Vettery.

Upwork Inc. (NASDAQ: UPWK) announced the 15 most in-demand technical skills on its website. JavaScript and CSS ranked on top of the online staffing platform's list.JavaScriptCSSHTMLWebsite DevelopmentPHPAPI DevelopmentWordPressHTML5              Web DesignPythonWeb ApplicationAPI IntegrationjQueryMySQL              ReactThe data for the list was based on gross services volume from April 1 to Sept. 30.

IT employment rose by 0.53% in October - an increase of 27,200 jobs - to nearly 5.2 million jobs in total, according to the TechServe Alliance, a trade association for the IT and engineering staffing and solutions industry.Still, IT employment was down by 3.20% compared to October 2019, representing a loss of 171,300 IT workers."After a precipitous decline in the Spring and bottoming out in July, IT employment posted strong growth the last three months including a jump of 0.53% in October," Tech

The Planet Group struck a deal to acquire Interactive Business Systems, an Oak Brook, Illinois-based provider of IT staffing and solutions.IBS was founded in 1981 and is led by Dan Williams and current President and COO Jeff Jorgensen."IBS is the perfect complement to Planet's existing technology services and further strengthens our rapidly growing position in the industry as a provider of choice, offering a comprehensive suite of professional staffing and consulting services," Planet Group CEO

The top US metro area for tech jobs and business opportunities is Austin, Texas, according to CompTIA, a nonprofit association for the global technology industry and workforce.For tech workers, Austin offers the most appealing combination of opportunity and livability, according to CompTIA's 2020 Tech Town Index. It notes more than 100 tech companies have relocated to the Austin metro area in the past two years, adding more than 4,600 new jobs.

IT services giant Tata Consultancy Services announced last week that its first CEO, Faqir Chand Kohli, passed away. The company described Kohli as the father of the Indian IT industry.Kohli joined the company in 1969, pivoting first into management consultancy then into software development. He stepped down as CEO in 1996. He was a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honor given for "distinguished service of a high order ...