There was a sales manager who used to say he “loved rainy Mondays.” It was a little crazy to hear, since no one was excited about Monday in … Read more
Understanding Labor Mobility
Companies that hire in a tight labor market need to get creative when they attract candidates. That means looking at different factors that influence … Read more
Why Your Firm Has a Talent Shortage Explained (Bluntly)
Most organizations that are facing a talent shortage blame a variety of external factors, even though the actual culprit is the way their firm recruits. … Read more
What 2018 Tells Us About Hiring in 2019
Looking back at the state of the labor market in 2018, the U.S. workforce experienced historic gains. Unemployment fell to a near 50-year low, more than … Read more
Top 7 Reasons Why Recruiting AI Talent Is Critical To Your Firm’s Success
It’s hard to find a business or technology publication these days that don’t have an article covering the upcoming dominance of artificial intelligence or … Read more
Robots Will Disrupt Recruiting More Than AI
If you’d like to see the future, visit the Henn-na restaurant near Nagasaki in Japan. Inside, a robot chef makes pancakes, while another makes cocktails or … Read more
Many RNs Think Nursing Shortages Getting Worse
Registered nurses — the backbone of the healthcare system — see the problem of nursing shortages first hand, and many believe they are getting … Read more
University Study Says These Are the Top 10 Emerging Jobs for College Grads in the U.S.
Looking to launch a new job board or searching for a recruiting gig with real potential? If so, the University of California San Diego Extension Center for … Read more
Blue Collar Blues: Recruiting Manufacturing Workers
Manufacturing in America is huge. Over the last 20 years manufacturing output has increased by almost 40 percent, and the annual value of production by … Read more
Average Time to fill Takes Big Drop In May. But Is It Temporary?
It took an average of 27.6 working days to fill a job in May, according to the latest data from career site publisher DHI Group. That’s the fewest … Read more
What 1 Company Is Doing About Manufacturing’s Skills Shortage
Manufacturing is not the object of the media’s affection like the technology field is, but it has a skills shortage of its own. In the eight-minute … Read more
Intel’s Latest Acquisition Will Speed-Up the Mass Unemployment of Truckers, Drivers
In the next decade, robots could replace 1.7 million American truckers, a workforce that represents one of the last remaining careers to offer a … Read more
Nearly 500,000 New Jobs Added This Year
Employers continued to add nonfarm jobs at a rapid pace in February, increasing payrolls by 235,000 during the month, blowing past predictions of a more … Read more
3 Questions Talent Acquisition Leaders Need to Ask Themselves About Their Company’s Layoffs and the Impact on Job Seeker Perceptions
Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray, & Christmas reports that “the new year started with an increase in corporate downsizing,” led by the … Read more
Talent by the Numbers
A new feature: some recent stats, facts, data, and figures in the talent-acquisition field, the job market, and the economy. If you have any good ones, let … Read more
Employers Add 227,000 Jobs In January, But Slow Wage Growth
Hiring surged, wages slumped, and the unemployment rate rose slightly in January, as the first month of the new year and a new administration showed the … Read more
Private Sector Adds 246,000 Jobs In January
Private sector hiring surged in January, with employers adding 246,000 new jobs, significantly above the 170,000 economists were predicting. It’s the … Read more
Jobs Grow by 156K in December; Wages Take Jump
Ending the year much as it began, employers hired a modest 156,000 new workers in December, bringing the total for 2016 to 2.16 million new jobs. In 2015, … Read more
Unemployment, Hourly Pay Decline In November; Employers Add 178,000 Jobs
U.S. employers added 178,000 new non-farm jobs during November, according to a government employment report that’s only surprise was a sharp decline … Read more
ADP Report: Employers Added 216,000 More Jobs This Month
Private-sector employers hired nearly 100,000 more workers this month than in October, adding 216,000 more workers, almost all of them in the services … Read more