March 15, 2018
Rising overtime use presents an opportunity for staffing firms to partner with their manufacturing clients to help them with their mounting overtime expense.
Rising overtime use in manufacturing: An opportunity for staffing firms
March 13, 2018
Rising overtime use presents an opportunity for staffing firms to partner with their manufacturing clients to help them with their mounting overtime expense.
TransForce acquires Trucking Unlimited assets
March 13, 2018
TransForce Inc., a nationwide truck-driver staffing firm headquartered in Alexandria, Va., acquired the assets of Trucking Unlimited.
Industrial hiring up 12% in Q4, index finds
March 13, 2018
Executive search firm ZRG Partners reported its Global Industrial Hiring Index rose to a strong reading of 134.9 in the fourth quarter from the third quarter’s reading of 122.0. It jumped year over year from a reading of 98.3 in the fourth quarter of 2016.
Molding Business Services acquires executive search firm for plastics and packaging industries
March 13, 2018
Molding Business Services, headquartered in Florence, Mass., acquired Gros Executive Recruiters of Franklin, Tenn. Both firms provide recruiting and executive search services to the plastics industry.
TrueBlue revenue falls in fourth quarter
March 13, 2018
TrueBlue Inc. (NYSE: TBI) reported revenue fell 8.8% in its fiscal fourth quarter.
Blue-collar staffing provider Leadpoint appoints COO
March 13, 2018
Leadpoint, a staffing provider to blue-collar production environments, named Len Christopher as COO, effective Feb. 1. This is a new position within the firm.
Tradesmen International acquires Construction Labor Contractors
March 13, 2018
Tradesmen International acquired Construction Labor Contractors LLC from private equity firm Silver Oak Services.
Helping women advance in the workplace — The Staffing Stream
March 13, 2018
International Women’s Day, celebrated last week, originated in 1911 with the Suffragette movement, and the World Economic Forum says gender parity is still two centuries away, writes Mara Swan in a The Staffing Stream blog post. Swan, ManpowerGroup's executive VP, global strategy... More
Construction hiring fueled by growth in energy, government, housing sectors (The Wall Street Journal)
March 13, 2018
Construction hiring is once again booming on the heels of a broad-based economic recovery, The Wall Street Journal reported.
US tax reform: What staffing firms need to know
March 13, 2018
In addition to a corporate tax break, December’s tax overhaul allows pass-through entities — which include sole proprietorships, LLCs, partnerships and S-corps — to deduct 20% of revenue from their taxable income upfront (with some qualifications). In a new article in Staffing Industry... More