You probably don’t need to see more data, more stats to understand that the last several months have been a difficult period for the staffing industry, but … Read more
Montage Acquires Video Interview Competitor
GreenJobInterview, an early entrant in the video interview arena, is being acquired by Montage, one of its two leading competitors. No financial details … Read more
Engineer’s Anti-Diversity Memo Gets Sharp Rebuke From Google
A political firestorm has erupted at Google over a 10-page memo by a software engineer challenging the company’s diversity efforts, declaring that … Read more
Average Time to fill Takes Big Drop In May. But Is It Temporary?
It took an average of 27.6 working days to fill a job in May, according to the latest data from career site publisher DHI Group. That’s the fewest … Read more
Google Enters the ATS Market With a Full-Featured Tool For Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
On the heels of its May announcement of a powerful job search tool — Google for Jobs — the company today publicly released an ATS designed for … Read more
Majority Share In CareerBuilder Sold to Investment Group
Note: This article was updated to reflect information from industry sources regarding the CareerBuilder sales price. A Canadian pension fund and private … Read more
$1 Billion Sale For CareerBuilder Could Be Near
Reuters news is reporting that a Chicago private equity firm is in talks to buy CareerBuilder for more than $1 billion. Citing anonymous sources, Reuters … Read more
Nearly 500,000 New Jobs Added This Year
Employers continued to add nonfarm jobs at a rapid pace in February, increasing payrolls by 235,000 during the month, blowing past predictions of a more … Read more
Expedited H-1B Program Suspension Announced
Friday’s announcement that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will halt its expedited H-1B visa processing is raising concerns that … Read more
Uber’s Culture Is A Reflection of Its CEO
If any part of the charges of sexual harassment and favoritism made by a former Uber engineer hold up, company CEO Travis Kalanick should go. The VCs who … Read more
Employers Add 227,000 Jobs In January, But Slow Wage Growth
Hiring surged, wages slumped, and the unemployment rate rose slightly in January, as the first month of the new year and a new administration showed the … Read more
Private Sector Adds 246,000 Jobs In January
Private sector hiring surged in January, with employers adding 246,000 new jobs, significantly above the 170,000 economists were predicting. It’s the … Read more
The Bots and Apps Are Taking Over!
Academia is getting into HR tech development. Two professors and an administrator at Temple University business school have come up with DevelapMe, a … Read more
Homeland Security: Green Card Holders Will Be Allowed to Return
President Trump signed an executive order on Friday, January 27, 2017, that suspends the admission into the U.S. of people from certain countries for 90 … Read more
Latest ADP Buy Is Bet That Analytics Trend Will Accelerate
The big vendor news this week was the acquisition of The Marcus Buckingham Company by ADP. It’s not so much the size of the deal — TMBC is a … Read more
One Company Is Running a Super Bowl Ad And It’s Not to Get You to Buy Anything
A $2.5 billion, 5,000-employee with 250 locations in 30 states will be running its first Super Bowl advertisement February 5, and it won’t be to get … Read more
Spotify Puts Up a Job Description That Fits a Very Purple Squirrel
Spotify’s looking for “world-class leadership.” Fair enough — plenty of candidates could fit the bill. Attention to detail — … Read more
Jobs Grow by 156K in December; Wages Take Jump
Ending the year much as it began, employers hired a modest 156,000 new workers in December, bringing the total for 2016 to 2.16 million new jobs. In 2015, … Read more
DOL Sues to Get Google Comp Info
Google is being sued by the U.S. Department of Labor for allegedly failing to turnover documents relating to compensation of employees at its Silicon … Read more
U.S. Agencies Get New Rules About Disabilities
In the U.S., the government is out with new rules related to hiring people with disabilities, guidance that currently applies only to government agencies, … Read more