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News about Kelly Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: KELYA, KELYB) focuses on its role as a specialty talent solutions provider in the human resources consulting and staffing industry. Company press releases and updates cover topics such as financial results, workforce trends, segment performance, and developments in its outsourcing and consulting businesses. Investors and observers can follow how Kelly reports on revenue from services, segment dynamics, and factors influencing demand across its Professional & Industrial, Science, Education, Outsourcing & Consulting Group, and International operations.
Kelly’s news flow also highlights its broader workforce solutions capabilities. Announcements from KellyOCG and KellyOCG + Sevenstep describe recognition in industry rankings for managed service provider (MSP), recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), services procurement, and total workforce solutions. These items provide insight into how Kelly’s outsourcing and consulting group positions itself in areas such as contingent workforce management, statement of work solutions, and total talent management.
Education and technology are recurring themes in Kelly-related news. Kelly Education issues updates on initiatives like the LEARN Standards, a framework designed to professionalize and support substitute teachers and paraeducators by defining core competencies. Motion Recruitment, a Kelly company, publishes a Tech Salary Guide that analyzes compensation and hiring trends across technology roles, including data and AI, platform engineering, and cybersecurity. These releases give context on how Kelly and its affiliated businesses respond to shifts in skills demand and workplace expectations.
Other news items include research findings from the Kelly Global Re:work Report, which explores how executives and workers view artificial intelligence and its impact on careers, as well as announcements about participation in investor conferences and corporate governance developments such as stockholder rights plans. Readers who follow KELYA news can use this stream of information to understand how Kelly communicates its strategy, reacts to labor market changes, and manages its relationships with clients, workers, and shareholders.
Kelly Services (Nasdaq: KELYA) announced that its Board unanimously adopted a stockholder rights plan on January 11, 2026, after learning that the Terence E. Adderley Revocable Trust K entered into a definitive agreement on January 9, 2026 to sell its entire holding equal to 92.2% of Class B common stock to a private party. The Rights Plan issues a dividend of rights to holders of Class A and Class B common stock of record at 5:15 p.m. ET on January 11, 2026, with each right initially representing 0.9833 Class A and 0.0167 Class B fractions. Rights expire on the earliest of January 10, 2027, redemption, exchange or a Board-approved acquisition, and generally become exercisable if a person beneficially owns 75% or more of Class B stock.
Motion Recruitment (Nasdaq:KELYA) published its 2026 Tech Salary Guide on Dec 22, 2025, analyzing thousands of placements and real-time market data for 100+ IT roles.
Key findings: average U.S. tech pay rose 0.8% YoY, while specialized roles saw larger moves: mid-level AI engineers +9.2%, senior platform engineers +8.9%, mid-level Salesforce +8.5%, ML engineers +7%, senior data warehouse +5.8%. LLM developers averaged $209,000; senior data workers averaged $178,000. Senior software devs (-10%) and mid-level SQL devs (-7%) posted the largest declines.
Job postings: AI specialization +49%, data security +30%, platform engineering +29%, data warehouse +10%. Remote pay rose 2.8%; NYC salaries led at +10%. The guide highlights specialization, AI fluency, and referral pipelines as hiring drivers.
KellyOCG + Sevenstep (Nasdaq: KELYA) was named No. 1 on HRO Today’s 2025 Baker’s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Ratings: Total Workforce Solutions on December 17, 2025. The ranking is based entirely on customer feedback from nearly 500 MSP and RPO buyers and assesses breadth of service, quality of service, deal size, and customer satisfaction.
The business also claimed the top spot for Quality of Service and Breadth of Service, and was previously listed on HRO Today’s 2025 Baker’s Dozen for MSP and RPO. Management credits its Helix and Sevayo Insights tech stack, integrated MSP+RPO model, and Talent Unbounded consulting for the recognition.
Kelly Education (NASDAQ:KELYA) on November 17, 2025 launched the LEARN Standards, a research-backed competency framework for substitute teachers and paraeducators designed by Ed.D. credentialed educators and HR experts.
The five LEARN pillars — Leads, Ensures, Acts, Recognizes, Navigates — target workforce retention, educator engagement, and student learning continuity amid higher absence rates (as high as 10% daily). A webinar is scheduled for November 18, 2025 at 1 p.m. ET.
Kelly (Nasdaq: KELYA) released the Kelly Global Re:work Report on Nov 12, 2025 showing a gap between executive optimism and worker experience with AI.
Key findings: 69% of executives say refusing AI is a bigger career threat than the tech; 59% would replace workers who resist; 47% of workers report time savings while 32% see no benefits; 80% of executives say implementation stalls from lack of team expertise.
The report urges closing gaps in technology, talent, and trust via training, demos, and feedback loops to align leadership and workforce outcomes.
Kelly (Nasdaq: KELYA) reported third-quarter 2025 results on Nov 6, 2025: Q3 revenue $935.0M (down 9.9% YoY; underlying revenue down ~2% excluding discrete federal and large-customer impacts). The company recorded an operating loss of $102.1M driven by $102.0M non-cash goodwill impairment; adjusted operating earnings were $4.3M. Adjusted EBITDA $16.5M (margin 1.8%, down 70 bps). Kelly declared a $0.075 quarterly dividend payable Dec 3, 2025 and expects opportunistic Class A share repurchases in Q4. For fiscal Q4 2025 the company forecasts a year-over-year revenue decline of 12%–14% and an adjusted EBITDA margin of ~3%.
Kelly (Nasdaq: KELYA) announced participation in multiple investor conferences between November 11 and December 10, 2025. Management will hold one-on-one investor meetings at Northcoast Research Virtual Fall Management Forum on November 11, 2025, Wells Fargo 9th Annual TMT Summit on November 18-19, 2025 (presentation at 2:15 p.m. PT on Nov 18), Southwest IDEAS Conference on November 20, 2025 (presentation at 1:20 p.m. CT), and Sidoti Year End Virtual Investor Conference on December 10, 2025. Kelly's investor presentation is available on the company's website.
KellyOCG (Nasdaq: KELYA) was named a Leader on Everest Group’s 2025 PEAK Matrix for both Contingent Workforce Management (CWM)/Managed Service Provider (MSP) and Services Procurement/SOW, and was also recognized as a Star Performer in the SOW category on Oct 28, 2025.
The company cited investments after its acquisition of Motion Recruitment Partners and integration of Sevenstep capabilities into an Enterprise Talent Management model. Key assets noted include the Helix UX and analytics ecosystem, Direct Sourcing 360, Sevayo Insights, modular SOW frameworks, AI-driven triage tools, and agentic automation pilots aimed at improved sourcing, compliance, and supplier visibility.
Kelly (NYSE:KELYA) will release its third-quarter 2025 earnings before the market opens on Thursday, November 6, 2025. The company will publish a financial presentation and host a live webcast and conference call with financial analysts at 9:00 a.m. ET on November 6 to review results and answer questions.
The presentation and live webcast link will be available on the company Investor Relations page under Events & Presentations. A replay will be posted within one hour after the event at the same webcast link.
KellyOCG + Sevenstep (Nasdaq: KELYA) was ranked among the top global RPO providers in HRO Today’s 2025 Baker’s Dozen. The integrated business placed No. 1 in size of deal, No. 2 in healthcare and breadth of service, No. 4 in quality of service, and No. 3 overall out of 58 providers evaluated. The 2025 survey collected feedback from 335 client companies, and the Baker’s Dozen is based entirely on customer satisfaction metrics. This is the first time the combined KellyOCG + Sevenstep brand has appeared on the list; their separate RPO solutions have been recognized for over a decade.
Management highlighted AI-enabled solutions, proprietary Sevayo Insights analytics, global reach, and modular enterprise RPO services as drivers of client outcomes.
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