April Jobs Report: 115,000 Jobs Added, but Hiring Remains Concentrated and Professional Services Is Still Flat
Key takeaways:
Payrolls recovered but growth stayed narrow: BLS reported nonfarm payrolls rose 115,000 in April, led by health care, transportation, and retail. Professional and business services...
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April Jobs Report: 115,000 Jobs Added, but Hiring Remains Concentrated and Professional Services Is...
Key takeaways:
Payrolls recovered but growth stayed narrow: BLS reported nonfarm payrolls rose 115,000 in April, led by health care, transportation, and retail. Professional and business services...
StaffingHub Brief: April Hiring Accelerates, Clients Pick Temps, and AI Interviews Have a Trust...
Welcome to this week's StaffingHub Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup for staffing agency leaders. In this week's issue:
Private sector employers added 109,000 jobs in April, the...
Why Staffing Automation Software Isn’t Enough Anymore
By Dries De Coster, CEO and Founder, meet DWIGHT
Running a US staffing firm has never involved more admin per placement. Every state has different wage floors, different...
Candidate Embellishment Is a Staffing Risk. Verified Speed Is the Answer.
By Houman Akhavan, Founder and CEO of GCheck
Key takeaways:
Candidate embellishment is a structural problem, not a moral one. When verification is weak and predictable, misrepresentation becomes...
What to Do When 38% of Candidates Are Walking Away From AI Interviews
Key takeaways:
Nearly half of U.S. candidates have either walked away from a hiring process that used AI or say they would, according to Greenhouse's 2026 Candidate...
How to Replace LinkedIn Recruiter (Without Losing Your Best Candidates)
By Rob Mann, founder of Queens Union Consulting and author of the Rob Mann Report
Key takeaways:
Most staffing firms are sitting on an underused ATS. Mapping candidate...
StaffingHub Brief: Staffing Growth Rebounds, Candidates Lead in AI Use, and H-1B Bill Targets...
Welcome to this week's StaffingHub Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup for staffing agency leaders. In this week's issue:
US staffing hours rose 2% year over year for...
What Staffing Agencies Get Paid For Is Changing, From Access to Assurance
By 2030, AI sourcing agents will be a default feature inside the tools enterprise hiring teams already use. Not a separate product. Not a premium add-on. Just...
AI-Inflated Resumes Are a Staffing Problem Now, Not a Hiring Manager Problem
Key takeaways:
AI-generated applications have reached a scale that's actively slowing hiring: 67% of HR leaders report the review process has gotten longer, and 65% say these...
Why Candidate Engagement Is Collapsing Just as Hiring Speeds Up
Key takeaways:
Companies screened candidates 13% faster in 2025 and cut time-to-fill by four days, but candidate experience scores averaged just 2.9 out of 5. Speed gains...