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Jackson Healthcare Acquires Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

PR Newswire (07/01/14)

National staffing firm Jackson Healthcare has announced the purchase of Michigan-based Sullivan Healthcare Consulting, a firm focused on improving the performance of hospitals’ perioperative suites.

PrincetonOne Announces Merger With Retail Search Group

PRWeb (07/01/14)

Skillman, NJ-based PrincetonOne, a comprehensive recruitment services provider, has merged with Grass Valley, CA-based Retail Search Group. PrincetonOne plans to continue seeking additional company expansions and mergers.

CTPartners Executive Search Inc. Acquires Park Brown

Business Wire (07/01/14)

CTPartners Executive Search Inc. has acquired the Perth, Australia, office of Park Brown International, an executive search firm focusing on the energy, natural resources, and infrastructure sectors. Earlier this year, CTPartners acquired Johnson Executive Search, an independent executive search firm based in Sydney, Australia.

U.S. Factories Close Second Quarter on Solid Note

Wall Street Journal (07/01/14) Nick Timiraos; Kathleen Madigan

U.S. factories saw strong growth in the second quarter even though the pace of expansion eased slightly in June, according to the Institute for Supply Management. The institute’s Purchasing Managers Index fell to 55.3 in June from 55.4 in May. The index had accelerated in each of the previous four months.

Some 15 of 18 manufacturing industries grew in June. However, the growth hasn’t given a boost to hiring. The employment index was flat from May, pointing to only a tiny increase in June hiring, similar to the 10,000 jobs added in May.

U.S. Help Wanted Online Data Series

Conference Board News Release (07/02/14)

Online advertised vacancies rose 155,900 to 5.1 million in June, according to the Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine Data Series. The May supply and demand rate stands at two unemployed workers for each vacancy, with a total of 4.9 million more unemployed workers than the number of advertised vacancies. The number of unemployed was 9.8 million in May.

“The June increase of 155,900 is positive news. However, the net effect is that labor demand was basically flat for the first six months of 2014,” says June Shelp, vice president at the Conference Board. “There is churn in the labor market as people change jobs. Most of the gains since last June were in the lower-paying service jobs, not the higher-paying professional jobs.” Since June 2013, advertised vacancies for professional jobs dropped by almost 80,000 while service and production jobs gained a total of 170,000 vacancies.

ADP: Private Sector Adds 281,000 Jobs in June

Reuters (07/02/14)

U.S. companies hired 281,000 employees last month, up from 179,000 in May, according to the ADP National Employment Report. This was the biggest monthly increase since November 2012. Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast that 200,000 jobs would be added.

Small businesses added 117,000 jobs, and mid-sized businesses added 115,000 jobs. There were 230,000 new jobs created in the services sector and 51,000 in the goods-producing industries. Construction jobs rose by 36,000.

ASAPro Webinar Next Month—Handle Conflict With Clients

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