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Wages, Employee Retention and Benefits Align to Create Recruitment’s “Perfect Storm”

Recruiting Daily

Fast forward two years, with businesses now working hard to retain their staff and offer competitive benefits and wages as they face a trifecta of issues: the pandemic, inflation and unfulfilled jobs. Wage growth continues to run hot, with increases expected to continue into 2022, and at the highest levels since 2008’s Great Recession.

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The Great Renegotiation – Are You Ready for 2023?

NPA Worldwide

If you have been on your heels reacting to recruiting and retention challenges, you are not alone. Ironically all those new grads and employees who were not hired from 2008 to 2012 have made our current situation worse. Candidate Engagement and Retention Focus. ” Wow – loaded question? says the Harvard Business Review.*

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Small Businesses Attracting Talent with Better Benefits, Study Says

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Larger organizations have already been using the lure of better benefits to attract candidates. A new study shows that small businesses are joining the fray of the talent war by rolling out the best benefits they can muster. Benefits Boost Employees’ Financial Security. juststock / iStock / Getty Images Plus.

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The October Jobs Report: Why You Need A Focused Approach to Hiring Talent 

Hireology

With a national unemployment rate of 6.9%, we continue to inch closer to pre-pandemic levels of employment, and have made it back to the level of unemployment that we saw two to three years after the 2008 recession. Even during times of record high unemployment, companies experience retention challenges, and business impacts can be severe.

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Why Social Recruiting Is an Effective Tactic to Use in The Hiring Process

Recruiting Daily Advisor

unemployment claims reached 26 million , effectively erasing all job gains since the 2008 Great Recession and likely signaling the start of a new historic recession. Source: Guzaliia Filimonova / iStock / Getty Images. In addition, employee engagement and retention can suffer if employer branding is neglected.

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Why Now Is the Time to Invest in People

Recruiting Daily Advisor

You could say that many companies failed to focus on the right things during the Great Recession of 2008–09, as the unemployment rolls swelled and the jobs market seemed to favor employers, not jobseekers. And by 2010, few employers had a retention plan. Source: Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock.

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2023 workforce predictions: resilience over growth

Achievers - Recruiting

To succeed today, the employee experience must remain a top focus – and the only way to thrive is to zero in on employee resilience, productivity, and retention. By doing so, leaders will benefit from both short and long-term success. Development has long been a cornerstone of employee retention, career growth, and succession planning.

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