Seasonal hiring is a tricky balancing act. Volume, quality, quick time-to-hire, temporary positions… These can be difficult things to mingle together successfully. When considering that the average nationwide ‘time-to-fill” is around 25 business days, and the busiest season for most retail/consumer goods companies spans from Thanksgiving to Christmas (roughly 30 days), temporary hiring can become …
Keeping employees happy is getting more complex. Job markets are becoming increasingly less traditional, offering unique opportunities, at mass, with a tremendously high upside. For the current workforce, there always appears to be another shiny object on the horizon. In 2022, the average career tenure for employees sat at around 4.1 years. However, this number …
It’s no secret that many organizations find difficulty in attracting a surplus of qualified, motivated talent. Employers are required to be more creative (and generous) than in decades past. The data makes this clear. From September 2021 to September 2022, compensation costs for workers increased by 5 percent across the board. However, consumer prices rose …
Hiring is changing quickly. Not only are turnover rates and wages increasing but employer expectations are evolving. One of these expectations involves work experience and education. Many employers are finding success in hiring employees with a sound set of soft skills, training them for their responsibilities post-hire. Another changing expectation involves company culture. Employers are …
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According to a publication by Embroker, a shocking 75 percent of employees admit to stealing at least once from their employer. While not every instance of workplace theft equates to substantial sums of money lost, the collective effect is significant. Total crime in the workplace costs organizations an estimated $50 billion per year. The question …
Most economists in the United States have noticed that inflation statistics and behavior has been unpredictable compared to the past. Predictions used to correlate unemployment with inflation in the past decades have been unstable and challenging the existing models. A model referred to as the Phillips’s Curve has been for years to study and predict …
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Making Employees Feel Valued at Work – Taking Care of your Employees It’s very important to show your employees that you value them as more than the source of the company’s income. In fact, research has shown that companies experience a boost in production when employees feel valued. Here are 10 easy steps to ensure …
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The Functions of HR in Small Business Organizations The functions of HR are equally important in small businesses as in large businesses. Operating a business can come with many challenges, all of which could easily lead to serious issues if not properly managed. Fortunately, for many industries, the human resources (HR) department can help mitigate …
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How To Improve Your Hiring Efficiency With These 5 Tips What is hiring efficiency? Whether it’s to replace a promoted or departing employee or to staff a new department it’s always better to keep your hiring efficiency at the highest level. Many times this is hard until someone else points it out for …
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Will Technology Replace Human Resources? With recent advancements in artificial intelligence and self-learning technology, it might be tempting to say that smart computers will manage employees’ future generation instead of humans. But will technology replace human resources to the extent that we won’t need humans anymore? While this may be partially true in some areas …
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