REVENUE RECOGNITION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Revenue, Direct Costs and Gross Margin [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
	RPO Recruitment		RPO Contracting		Other			Total
Revenue	$	11,622	$	4,526	$	67		$	16,215
Direct costs (1)	1,770		4,043		248			6,061
Gross margin	$	9,852	$	483	$	(181	)	$	10,154
	Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
	RPO Recruitment		RPO Contracting		Other			Total
Revenue	$	10,091	$	3,887	$	14		$	13,992
Direct costs (1)	412		3,505		73			3,990
Gross margin	$	9,679	$	382	$	(59	)	$	10,002

(1) Direct costs in RPO Contracting include the direct staffing costs of salaries, payroll taxes, employee benefits, travel expenses, rent and insurance costs for the Company’s contractors and reimbursed out-of-pocket expenses and other direct costs. RPO Recruitment and Other category include direct costs for out-of-pocket expenses and third party suppliers. The region where services are provided, the mix of RPO recruitment and RPO contracting, and the functional nature of the staffing services provided can affect gross margin. The salaries, commissions, payroll taxes and employee benefits related to recruitment professionals are included under the caption "Salaries and related" in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The following table presents our disaggregated revenues from discontinued operations by revenue source.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
	Contracting		Permanent Recruitment		Talent Management		Other		Total
Revenue	$	76,615	$	20,700	$	10,694	$	454	$	108,463
Direct costs (1)	67,980		190		1,225		405		69,800
Gross margin	$	8,635	$	20,510	$	9,469	$	49	$	38,663
	Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
	Contracting		Permanent Recruitment		Talent Management		Other		Total
Revenue	$	62,566	$	17,927	$	8,416	$	504	$	89,413
Direct costs (1)	54,918		96		1,505		464		56,983
Gross margin	$	7,648	$	17,831	$	6,911	$	40	$	32,430

(1) Direct costs include the direct staffing costs of salaries, payroll taxes, employee benefits, travel expenses and insurance costs for the Company’s contractors and reimbursed out-of-pocket expenses and other direct costs. Other than reimbursed out-of-pocket expenses, there are no other direct costs associated with the Permanent Recruitment and Other categories. Gross margin represents revenue less direct costs. The region where services are provided, the mix of contracting and permanent recruitment, and the functional nature of the staffing services provided can affect gross margin.