Segment Disclosures - Summary of Sales and Segment Operating Income (Loss) by Reportable Operating Segment (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Oct. 30, 2016	Jul. 31, 2016	May 01, 2016	Jan. 31, 2016	Nov. 01, 2015	Aug. 02, 2015	May 03, 2015	Feb. 01, 2015	Oct. 30, 2016	Nov. 01, 2015	Nov. 02, 2014
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
NET REVENUE	$ 341,578	$ 330,625	$ 335,576	$ 326,968	$ 363,974	$ 364,668	$ 385,189	$ 383,066	$ 1,334,747	$ 1,496,897	$ 1,710,028
Cost of services	284,651	282,098	284,104	281,400	305,800	307,866	324,673	330,024	1,132,253	1,268,363	1,450,448
Gross margin	56,927	48,527	51,472	45,568	58,174	56,802	60,516	53,042	202,494	228,534	259,580
Expenses
Selling, administrative and other operating costs	50,636	49,543	51,128	52,623	55,250	57,409	58,985	59,389	203,930	231,033	249,026
Restructuring and severance costs	1,181	970	840	2,761	542	1,867	251	975	5,752	3,635	2,507
Gain on sale of building	0	0	(1,663)	0					(1,663)	0	0
Impairment charges	364	0	0	0	672	580	5,374	0	364	6,626	0
Restatement, investigations and remediation									0	0	3,261
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)	4,746	(1,986)	1,167	(9,816)	1,710	(3,054)	(4,094)	(7,322)	(5,889)	(12,760)	4,786
Other income (expense), net									(6,506)	(2,380)	(2,947)
Income tax provision	138	393	1,091	553	1,384	1,351	532	1,379	2,175	4,646	5,226
LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS	2,787	(4,610)	(1,785)	(10,962)	71	(4,144)	(6,913)	(8,800)	(14,570)	(19,786)	(3,387)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	0	0	0	0	(315)	0	0	(4,519)	0	(4,834)	(15,601)
NET LOSS	$ 2,787	$ (4,610)	$ (1,785)	$ (10,962)	$ (244)	$ (4,144)	$ (6,913)	$ (13,319)	(14,570)	(24,620)	(18,988)
Eliminations
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
NET REVENUE									(65,994)	(82,344)	(87,919)
Cost of services									(65,994)	(82,344)	(87,919)
Gross margin									0	0	0
Expenses
Selling, administrative and other operating costs									0	0	0
Restructuring and severance costs									0	0	0
Gain on sale of building									0
Impairment charges									0	0
Restatement, investigations and remediation											0
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)									0	0	0
Operating Segments | North American Staffing
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
NET REVENUE									1,047,888	1,127,284	1,284,314
Cost of services									901,025	974,859	1,106,921
Gross margin									146,863	152,425	177,393
Expenses
Selling, administrative and other operating costs									122,576	131,277	140,698
Restructuring and severance costs									1,117	705	730
Gain on sale of building									0
Impairment charges									0	1,900
Restatement, investigations and remediation											0
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)									23,170	18,543	35,965
Operating Segments | International Staffing
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
NET REVENUE									131,496	147,649	158,266
Cost of services									112,035	127,699	135,875
Gross margin									19,461	19,950	22,391
Expenses
Selling, administrative and other operating costs									16,402	18,990	21,281
Restructuring and severance costs									702	357	0
Gain on sale of building									0
Impairment charges									0	0
Restatement, investigations and remediation											0
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)									2,357	603	1,110
Operating Segments | Technology Outsourcing Services and Solutions
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
NET REVENUE									106,585	135,886	146,547
Cost of services									87,731	108,309	121,168
Gross margin									18,854	27,577	25,379
Expenses
Selling, administrative and other operating costs									13,029	15,545	16,056
Restructuring and severance costs									327	0
Gain on sale of building									0
Impairment charges									0	0
Restatement, investigations and remediation											0
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)									5,498	12,032	9,323
Operating Segments | Corporate & Other
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
NET REVENUE									114,772	168,422	208,820
Cost of services									97,456	139,840	174,403
Gross margin									17,316	28,582	34,417
Expenses
Selling, administrative and other operating costs									51,923	65,221	70,991
Restructuring and severance costs									3,606	2,573	1,777
Gain on sale of building									(1,663)
Impairment charges									364	4,726
Restatement, investigations and remediation											3,261
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)									$ (36,914)	$ (43,938)	$ (41,612)