Remedy Intelligent Staffing, a franchise division of The Select Family of Staffing Companies, adds five new offices into its national network within a five-month period. [The Sacramento Bee]
Abby Kohut, president of Staffing Symphony LLC, offers social media tips for job seekers. [My Central Jersey]
Groupe Crit strengthens and regains attractiveness. [L’Express]
Mancan posted to their Facebook page that they have many open positions at all of their locations for reliable, dependable people genuinely looking for employment. How is business in your area, with your staffing company? Are you seeing a slump, increase or about the same amount of open positions coming through your office? [Mancan]
Woman caught after fleeing the country in an attempt to avoid various fraud charges involving fraudulent training and illegal staffing gets 7 years. [Eagle Tribune]
In a recent Accountemps survey, CFOs were asked, “Have remote work arrangements (for example, telecommuting or working from a satellite office) within your company increased, decreased or remained the same in the last three years?” Their responses:
- Increased greatly (11%)
- Increased somewhat (22%)
- No change (57%)
- Decreased somewhat (3%)
- Decreased greatly (1%)
- Doesn’t apply/no remote work (7%)
(Total does not equal 100% due to rounding) [Market Watch]
Cosatu and the National Union of Mine Workers (Num) have come out guns blazing against the Adcorp Employment Index, labeling it as an onslaught on the working class and an attempt to clear the field for labor brokers. [The New Age]
The FNV federation is opposed to economic affairs ministry plans to introduce longer temporary employment contracts. [Dutch News]
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported that it now expects economic growth to be “weak” through 2012 and for unemployment to remain at 9 percent, which equals 14 million people out of work. [CNS News]
CareerBuilder acquires JobScout24 portal. [RRHH Digital]
SocGen asked Adecco to redenominate an upcoming $600 million refinancing into euros, and to cap any dollar borrowings at a third of the facility size, bankers said on Wednesday. [Reuters]
Neng Vang, who owned temporary-staffing company SPTS, was sentenced on one count of tax evasion, according to Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney’s Office. [Business Journal]
