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The hospitality industry lost 2.5 million jobs in 2020, the National Restaurant Association reported. Although restaurants have added jobs in 2021, the unemployment rate for restaurant workers is …
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As we bring 2021 to a close, after another year in a chaotic labor market and working to keep up with rapidly changing federal and state guidelines around returning to work, we’re taking a look at …
Strategic workforce planning for hourly roles in retail and hospitality may be more about what employers don’t require from candidates than what they do. During a time when employers would usually be …
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Recruiters rely heavily on LinkedIn for candidate outreach and building talent pools through connections on the social network. LinkedIn Recruiter InMail messages allow recruiters to get in touch with …
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The tighter the talent marketplace gets, the more challenging it is to speed up time to hire and to hold on to applicants before they get an offer from a competitor. Challenging — but it isn’t …
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In the restaurant industry, it’s an ongoing battle to provide support and resources to your managers. In many organizations, the store management is responsible for hiring and recruiting candidates, …
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Something very strange is happening in the U.S. job market. Despite a clear boost in post-pandemic job growth (payrolls increased by 916,000 in March 2021), and in April 2021 a record high of nine …
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Healthcare staffing in general, and senior or assisted living healthcare staffing specifically, is facing an uphill battle for qualified and certified healthcare professionals. In July, The American …
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Since the spring of 2020, the world learned how important front-line workers are. Grocery stores, delivery services, truck drivers, warehouse fulfillment associates, restaurant workers and more were …
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Freelance writers, designers, and web developers have been using platforms like Fiverr and Upwork for years, but the pandemic created a surge in workers signing up on ODT (on-demand talent) platforms …
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In the early days of the pandemic in 2020, many large retailers discovered that their frontline employees – deemed essential workers – weren’t incentivized to put their health at risk for $8 to $10 an …
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Recruiters and employers seeking hourly workers are experiencing a sharp increase in interview no-shows, or “ghosting” by candidates who have passed a phone screening and have been scheduled for an …
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Hourly workers have always been the backbone of the U.S. economy and the importance of the work they do has only become heightened during this pandemic crisis. Employees who are paid an hourly wage …
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Before the pandemic, the restaurant and food services industry projected it would provide 15.6 million jobs in 2020, or 10% of all payroll jobs in the economy. But the impact of the coronavirus caused …
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Some 20 percent of work in the U.S. post-pandemic will be performed remotely (compared to just five percent pre-pandemic), according to a recent report from the National Bureau of Economic Research, …
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There are fewer candidates and more open positions in manufacturing right now than ever. According to a May 2021 report by Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute, about 1.4 million U.S. …
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In our recovering economy, the competition for top talent is fierce. This is true for every industry right now, but especially for those recruiting for positions with an end date in sight from …
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Workforce planning support means that you and your team are responsible for the forecasting that allows you to properly plan for your recruitment advertising and marketing spend, requisition workload, …
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Imagine starting off your hiring campaign on the right foot. You're getting ahead of the summer hiring rush, you’re funneling in candidates, and you're getting quality hires in a cost-effective …
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One primary factor that HR and Talent Acquisition leaders face in the midst of a global pandemic is that it’s difficult to plan and set up a recruiting strategy when we don’t know what next week or …
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Nearly all states have allowed dining rooms to open, albeit limited capacity, which means several brands have brought back furloughed employees. Fast casual chain Chili’s has reopened more than 600 of …
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When you have to fill requisitions quickly, hiring in tight talent industries like healthcare can be uniquely difficult. In the current talent marketplace, it’s even more so. While many industries are …
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Recently we reviewed important areas talent acquisition teams should focus on to prepare for ramping hiring back up after a crisis, no matter what the new normal will look like for the talent …
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While many industries are scaling back on their recruiting due to closures from COVID-19, healthcare recruiters are struggling to fill essential positions in a marketplace that already had a worker …
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As I’ve spent time in online job seeker communities recently, I’ve begun to see a number of posts from new job seekers joining a community because they are one of the millions laid off due to a …
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Whether your company is ramping up hiring for essential services or downshifting to adapt to shelter-in-place advisories, it’s not only important that HR has all hands on deck, but we also have to …
There are some whose jobs are dedicated to talent acquisition, but for most, recruiting is a small part of HR responsibilities. Yet when it comes time to hire, they’re expected to …
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Tax preparation is big business. In 2018, there were 300,000 people employed at 109,000 firms, generating $9 billion in revenue. Additionally, because it is required, tax preparation tends to be …
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With the launch of Google Cloud and Google for Jobs, job postings are appearing higher in indexed search engine results. What does this mean for you? Job posting optimization and SEO is critical in …
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High volume recruitment and hiring is never easy. These are hiring needs that happen quickly requiring you and your recruitment team to move quickly, swiftly, and with intention to meet the needs of …
On the most fundamental level, recruiting is a triad. All recruiting comes down to three basic decisions: 1) time, 2) cost, and 3) quality. These are the three recruiting pillars when it comes to …
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It’s a tight talent market out there, and sometimes we need a quick boost to bring an influx of candidates into our hiring funnel. These tactics used to be “just in case,” but considering that current …
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Gigs are more common and more organizations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements than ever before. Freelance writers and journalists, technical staff, creatives roles designer …
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Labor gaps are not new to the hospitality industry, but the magnitude of the current workforce shortage is. In 2009, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated 353,000 job openings across the leisure …
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Financial services is more than just banking, insurance, and investing. As more services in the financial industry are automated, financial services recruiters are working to fill higher value and …
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As more services in the financial industry are automated, financial services recruiters are working to fill higher value and more advanced roles. Financial services is more than just banking, …
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Evergreen jobs are positions at your company that are always open, either because they are high turnover positions or because they are positions for which you have many employees in the same role. As …
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When it comes to recruitment marketing, one sector that needs an upgrade is manufacturing. We’ve talked about staffing challenges in the manufacturing space previously, specifically related to the …
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Like most employers today, banking and other financial organizations are struggling with intense talent competition and a lack of qualified candidates. Automation, mobile technology and big data …
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As recruiting leaders, we want our recruitment marketing to perform so well that we can demonstrate ROI year after year (and don’t have to press our company leadership for a budget). One of the …
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In the manufacturing sector, recruiting employees is harder now than at any time during the past nine years, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s Leading Indicators of National …
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In the manufacturing sector, recruiting employees is harder now than at any time during the past nine years, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s Leading Indicators of National …
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Your career site is your company’s most important recruitment channel and the top resource candidates use during their research process. A report from LinkedIn says that your company website is the …
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One of your 2019 resolutions in the new year should be focusing on video in your recruitment marketing. Video has long been used by product marketers and in traditional marketing, and innovative …
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When working as a hiring manager in retail, you are allotted so many payroll hours for the number of sales you drive, which is why many stores and locations scale hiring for seasonal staff during the …
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The nature of hiring for hospitality positions has always been high-volume, but in today’s talent marketplace, recruiters for restaurant and hospitality jobs must be able to move even faster, work …
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The National Restaurant Association reported restaurant industry sales of nearly $799 billion last year, which represents four percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, and nearly 48 percent of …
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Your sourcing strategy determines whether you will find the talent that meets your organization’s needs. There is plenty of evidence however, that organizations are not exploring all talent segments …
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We’ve discussed recruiting like a marketer in previous posts. Here, we’ll build on that concept and focus on targeted marketing campaigns specifically intended to improve candidate quality. …
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The very nature of seasonal hiring, specifically in the retail industry, means that you must be able to move quickly, engage candidates, and communicate with a large potential candidate pool in order …
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As part of SHRM’s webcast series, Talroo sponsored a webinar hosted by Tim Sackett, author of The Talent Fix: A Leader's Guide to Recruiting Great Talent. …
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While recruiting Millennials is still a warm topic in human resources, the first wave of the next generation is beginning to enter the workforce. Most millennials are now in their late 20s and 30s, …
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As a recruiter, your career site is one of the most important tools for branding and attracting candidates to your job postings. However, simply setting up a page with job listings means that you …
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In retail, restaurant and hospitality, it’s an ongoing battle to provide support and resources to your managers. In many organizations, the store management is responsible for hiring and recruiting …
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If you've ever said to yourself, "Why can't I find anyone?" you may be recruiting in an ultra-low unemployment environment. If you're trying to attract quality job candidates, you know the …
The first step to every successful recruitment campaign is attraction. Here are 10 things your job ad needs in order to convert your prospective candidates’ attention into applications. A …
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Even the most solid companies can encounter events that scuff their employer brand. The good news is, you don’t need to be a brand manager in order to use some of their tactics to your benefit. As …
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Your careers page is high on the list when it comes to tools for reaching candidates and showcasing your unique company culture. Struggling with developing perfect career pages? Learn from and find …
Recruiting (from sourcing to hire) can be an arduous process. Whether you use spreadsheets, software, or your calendar, most successful recruiters and talent acquisition professionals have at least …
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Creating original content on your website or blog can be overwhelming. When you have limited resources and need to fill a class of 20 insurance sales reps by the end of the month, the last thing you …
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Scarcity is scary. Staffing professionals are navigating through the worst talent shortage since 2007. …
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It seems like everyone with staffing demands is trying to solve the “millennial puzzle.” Like any generation, you can’t put 100% of a group into a single bucket, but what you can do is step back and …
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When it comes to summer hiring, candidates can be difficult to find, especially for entry-level or temporary positions. So how can you create a strategy for hiring over the summer months that won’t …
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We’ve all developed a sort of love/hate relationship with technology. We love that it can make outreach, follow-up, and tracking easier, yet we struggle with the lack of human-to-human contact that …
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It’s easy to lose focus on being productive when we’re so busy being busy. When you reach a point when your 40-50 hour workweek is no longer sufficient to get your job done, it’s time to take a step …
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Being a sourcer is more like being a sorcerer. It’s no longer simply searching for candidates and selling them on a job description. A candidate-driven job market has recruiters questioning what the …
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We know none of the recruiters in our audience are guilty of any of the following, but we wanted to share just in case (and for a laugh). #recruitingfails …
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Reading recruiting and talent acquisition content can be boring. But these 15 industry thought-leaders are changing the game. From up-and-comers to veterans, here are the HR influencers you should be …
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Podcasts have been around for years, but with the success of binge-worthy storytelling podcasts like “Serial,” podcasts are (finally) getting the attention they deserve. They’re great for …
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When it comes to candidate sourcing, why reinvent the wheel? Write a job listing, post it online, incentivize employees with referral bonuses, then sit back and watch the resumes roll in. Simple? Not …
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According to the American Staffing Association, during the course of a year, America’s staffing companies hire nearly 16 million temporary and contract employees. Additionally, Staffing Industry …
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In a field like talent acquisition, predicting what’s to come is part of the job. To compete for the best talent, recruiters need to keep up with the latest in top recruiting trends, HR tech advances, …
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Recruitment advertising is in the midst of a welcome change due to the intelligent algorithms and machine learning that are transforming our industry. Traditionally, employers paid a fixed cost for …
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Too often in recruiting, candidates end up getting emails that start with phrases like “Great Opportunity with Fantastic Company.” Well, a line like that has been so overused that it can actually …
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Recruitment metrics are defined by Wikimedia as, “a standard set of measurements used to manage and improve the process of hiring candidates into an organization.” In my experience, the bigger the …
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When it comes to recruiting, most employers do the same things to attract talent. But sometimes it pays to think “outside the box” and try other tactics to get candidates' attention. The ideas …
Fall is here, which means retailers everywhere are ramping up their seasonal hiring plans. After all, Christmas is now just 10 weeks away! 2016 is expected to be another solid year for retailers and …
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When it comes to running a small business, hiring is a lot different than at bigger companies. Often the business owner must do the hiring themselves or the single recruiter has to do more with …
If you missed the live video webinar yesterday, have no fear! We have a recording so you can watch any time. …
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Talent acquisition professionals have seen an incredible move to performance-based advertising to help attract the talent needed to grow their business. Today’s definition of “programmatic job …
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Need to do a LOT of hiring? Consider an open house. Jobs2Careers is growing fast, so we hold them often - and we’ve come a long way since the early days. Read on to learn what’s worked, what hasn’t, …
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Have you ever actually applied for a job on your careers site? Yeah, I’m guessing from that blank look that the answer is probably no—or at least, it’s been a while, if you’re like most recruiting and …
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Advertising your open positions on your company’s site and on job boards and aggregators is a necessary part of recruiting talent—but it isn’t enough. If you’re in a competitive industry like …
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