BranchOut wants to beat LinkedIn at its own game: helping people use their social network to find a job. Today, the company got a lot more backing to help it out. It announced a $25 million Series C round from Mayfield and other investors, bringing its total funding to $49 million in just over two years. [Business Insider]
Pro Football Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith; leadership consultant and New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni, and sociologist and author Bertice Berry, Ph.D., will take center stage at 2012 Refresh Leadership Simulcast from Tyler, Texas on Wednesday, May 16, to inspire and motivate business leaders nationwide. The event is sponsored by Express Employment Professionals. [Business Review Canada]
OSHA has released a new directive that helps representatives communicate investigation procedures with victims’ families following a workplace fatality. [EHS Works]
Integrity Technical Services Inc. is expanding — locally and throughout the state — thanks to the influx of business the company is seeing from companies moving into the area. The company, which had just six employees in 2010, now has 18 workers and is ready to hire more. [Crain’s Cleveland Business]
Hiring An Ex. [Job Talk with Anita Clew]
Ajilon Professional Staffing recently identified the Twin Cities as the best place to find a job in the U.S. Minneapolis-St. Paul led a top-10 list that also included Austin, Texas; Salt Lake City; Boston; Milwaukee; Richmond, Va.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Baltimore; Pittsburgh; and Dallas. [Finance Commerce]
Alliance Solutions Group plans $600,000 investment to bolster capabilities. [Crain’s Cleveland Business]
OfficeTeam offers recognition tips for Administrative Professionals Day (April 25) [MarketWatch]
Staffing Agency Founder Rona Borre named finalist for 2012 Illinois Technology Association CityLIGHTS Award. [PR]
The 10 Best Interview Questions to Ask. [Yahoo Finance]
Employment Resources Inc. (ERI) will expand its focus in 2012 with a new division dedicated to executive and senior management in the hospitality industry called Executive Hospitality Search (EHS). [MarketWatch]
Verna McClain, a vocational nurse at a Houston area staffing agency who has recently miscarried, waited outside a pediatrician’s office north of Houston and shot Kala Golden before taking her tiny newborn son, who was only 3 days old. [Journal Gazette]
The number of Americans who filed requests for unemployment insurance last week hovered near a four-month high, defying expectation that applications would begin to recede after a recent spike. [MarketWatch]
On Assignment, Inc. schedules first quarter 2012 earnings release and conference call. [MarketWatch]
Family hardship gave 41-year-old Shelly Sun the impetus to start a home-care franchising business. In late 2001, when her husband’s grandmother needed companionship and skilled nursing, her family struggled to find those services on a 24-hour basis. That experience led Ms. Sun and her husband to launch BrightStar Group Holdings Inc., a health-care staffing agency, in October 2002, using $100,000 in savings and a $100,000 line of bank credit. [The Wall Street Journal]
The Fresno PrideStaff staffing agency in Fresno, CA has been recently honored with the George A. Rogers Award as the PrideStaff Office of the Year. [PRWeb]
ConAgra acquires Tennessee Pride sausage. [Tennessean]
Canada: New website helps part-time workers work full-time hours. [PR]
