Jan. 5, 2023 IT Staffing Report Explore Jan. 5, 2023IT staffing revenue is expected to growth 8% in the US this year, but that represents a softening compared to growth of 16% in 2022. The Buzz: Marketplace focuses on six remote high-demand developer roles January 5, 2023Click to find out more Company says it is first staffing firm to launch in the metaverse January 5, 2023 Unique, a Netherlands-based staffing firm and part of RGF Staffing, a subsidiary of Japanese staffing giant Recruit, announced that it has launched a staffing firm in the Metaverse called Uniqueverse.Uniqueverse claims to be the first staffing firm in the Metaverse.In its description, the group states, "With Uniqueverse, the first employment agency with a branch in the metaverse, we are responding to the job applications of the future.Click to find out more Eight interview questions to help you attract — and retain — top talent — The Staffing Stream January 5, 2023Click to find out more LinkedIn ends legal battle in data-scraping case January 5, 2023 LinkedIn recently ended its six-year legal battle with hiQ Labs Inc., a now dormant company that agreed to a permanent injunction prohibiting it from scraping or using fake accounts on LinkedIn.LinkedIn recently had a legal win against hiQ Labs.HiQ has now agreed to a permanent injunction requiring hiQ to stop scraping and to destroy all source code, data and algorithms created when hiQ scraped member profile data in violation of LinkedIn's User Agreement, according to an online post from LinkedClick to find out more Number of freelancers grows to a record 39% of US workforce, earn $1.35 trillion January 5, 2023 The number of freelancers as a percent of the total US workforce rose to an all-time high of 39% in 2022, according to the "2022 Freelance Forward" report released by talent platform Upwork Inc.Click to find out more TEKsystems announces new president January 5, 2023 TEKsystems, Allegis Group's largest operating company and the largest IT staffing firm in the US, announced Mark Collins is succeeding Jay Alvather as president, effective this month.Allegis Group, which ranks as the largest staffing firm in the US based on 2021 revenue, also recently announced Jay Alvather is taking over as Allegis Group's CEO effective this month.Under Alvather's leadership, TEKsystems grew to more than $7 billion in annual revenue.Collins joined TEKsystems in 1995 as the regiClick to find out more Majority of companies plan to conduct business in metaverse within a year January 5, 2023 Organizations have begun to explore the metaverse and its capabilities, according to a survey by Tenable, an exposure management company based in Columbia, Maryland. The survey found that 58% of companies plan to conduct business in the metaverse within a year, while 23% have already ventured into the metaverse.Tenable surveyed 1,500 IT, cybersecurity and DevOps professionals in the US, Australia and the UK for the report.Click to find out more Kforce reports it will exit WorkLLama joint venture, confirms Q4 revenue forecast January 5, 2023 Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ: KFRC) last month announced in a regulatory filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it is seeking to divest its interest in its joint venture with WorkLLama.Click to find out more SThree reports gross profit up 19% in fiscal year January 5, 2023 SThree plc, a UK-based global staffing firm focused on STEM skills, reported net fees, or gross profit, rose 19% year over year in constant currency in its fiscal year ended Nov. 30 to £430.6 million (US$516.2 million).Click to find out more A look back at a strong IT market in 2021 and 2022 as we enter 2023 Curtis Starkey | January 5, 2023 In our US Staffing Industry Forecast: September 2022 Update, we project 8% growth in IT staffing this year based on a carryover into the new year of strong demand for IT talent to fulfill important tech needs and carry out digital transformation projects.Click to find out more