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Insperity Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results

Insperity Inc. News Release (02/10/15)

Insperity Inc. reported revenues of $595.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2014, up 7% from $557.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. Net income totaled $8.2 million, up 54.4% from $5.3 million in the year-ago quarter.

For all of 2014, revenues totaled $2.4 billion, up 4.5% from $2.3 billion in 2013. Net income totaled $28 million for the year, down 12.6% from $32 million in 2013.

TeamHealth Enters Strategic Partnership With St. David’s HealthCare

TeamHealth Holdings News Release (02/09/15)

TeamHealth Holdings Inc. will expand services to the greater Austin, TX, market through a strategic partnership with St. David’s HealthCare, a six-hospital system. TeamHealth will acquire the operations of Capitol Emergency Associates and Central Texas Hospitalists, and partner with Hospital Internists of Austin, to provide management and staffing for St. David’s HealthCare facilities throughout Central Texas.

Small-Business Optimism Falls, but Still in Normal Zone

NFIB News Release (02/10/15)

The NFIB Small Business Optimism Survey for January slipped 2.5 points to 97.9 with seven components dropping. Still, the index shows the small-business sector is operating within normal parameters.

“November and December readings were very strong, possibly from post-election euphoria,” says Bill Dunkelberg, NFIB chief economist. “January’s decline was mostly due to owners being less optimistic about business conditions, not spending and hiring plans…The increase in the percent of owners reporting hard-to-fill job openings is very good news.”

The percent of owners reporting job creation fell four percentage points to a net 5% of owners, still a solid number. Thirteen percent reported increasing employment, an average of 3.1 workers, while 8% reduced their workforce, by an average of 3.2 workers. Forty-eight percent reported hiring or trying to hire (down six points), but 42% reported few or no qualified applicants for the positions they were trying to fill. Fourteen percent reported using temporary workers, which was unchanged. Twenty-six percent of all owners reported job openings they could not fill in the current period, up one point and a very solid reading.

Home Depot: Hiring More Than 80,000 Workers for Spring

Associated Press (02/10/15) Anne D’Innocenzio

Home Depot Inc. plans to hire more than 80,000 seasonal employees for spring, its busiest season. The hiring is on par with the rate the past few years and will include both part-time and full-time employees.

Free ASA Webinar Today—Understand Unemployment Insurance Laws

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “The Unemployment Insurance Integrity Mandate—How New Laws Affect Staffing Firms.” It takes place today from 3 to 4 p.m. Eastern time. Learn how new unemployment insurance legislation mandates how your firm should respond to unemployment insurance claims.

During this webinar, you can contribute to the discussion by following @StaffingTweets on Twitter and using the hashtag #ASAWebLive to offer your thoughts and perspectives about the webinar’s content in real time. The first 10 participants to contribute meaningful tweets to the discussion will win a Starbucks gift card.

All ASA webinars are free for ASA members, and most qualify for continuing education hours toward ASA certification renewal. This webinar qualifies for legal CE. To learn more and to register, visit americanstaffing.net.

ASA Quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey Closes Soon

The association’s quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey for the fourth quarter of 2014 is now open. Staffing firms that complete the brief survey will receive an exclusive report on the results—now enhanced with graphs and an executive summary. The report also includes representations of sector-level data.

The data collected by this survey enable ASA to track staffing sales and gross margin trends. Participate in the Staffing Employment and Sales Survey by Feb. 25 to get the staffing industry information you’re looking for.

Register to take the survey, or view the questionnaire, at americanstaffing.net. The survey is sponsored by ASA research partner CareerBuilder, and there are no fees to participate.