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Adapting Recruitment and Retention Strategies for the Modern Retail Space

Slayton Search Partners

The retail industry has become predictably unpredictable. From the retail sales plunge in early 2020 to the chronic supply chain disruptions of the following two years, retailers have faced significant market volatility since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The importance of staying agile must be reiterated.

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4 Ways to Adopt Skills-Based Hiring in Retail

Vervoe

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an incredible impact on labor markets right across the world — particularly in the retail industry. In the US alone, there were 878,000 job openings in retail in March 2021, a 53% increase from the same period the year prior , according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. What is skills-based hiring?

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Overcoming the Talent Shortage in the Retail Supply Chain

Slayton Search Partners

The retail supply chain, in particular, felt the impact of the pandemic more keenly than many other industries. The result is a ripple effect on retailers’ efficiency and profitability. Like the goods and products they support, the workers and leaders who manage the retail supply chain are in high demand and short supply.

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3 Benefits of Collaborative Onboarding

JazzHR

What’s more, they feel 91 percent more connected to the work and 89 percent more integrated into the culture. The benefits of collaborative onboarding stretch across all tiers of the company, from the executive leadership to the new hire. Work Culture Becomes More Focused on Community.

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Hard to Hire: Third-Party Recruiting & the State of Talent Acquisition Report

The talent acquisition challenges of today are unparalleled: 90% of survey respondents feel that the current hiring market is more challenging now than in the past! Recruiting as we’ve known it is evolving - how are you keeping ahead of the competition?

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How to Address High Turnover With Retail Employees

Achievers - Recruiting

Here’s a not-so-fun fact: Retail employees leave their positions at a rate that’s over four times higher than the average turnover rate in all other industries. When you add it all up, retail employee turnover is incredibly expensive. . 5 strategies for retaining retail employees . Focus on fit during hiring .

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Top-Rated Workplaces: Culture

Indeed

Culture — everybody talks about it, but how do you get it? Culture can be one of the most defining aspects of a company, and great culture happens when company values are supported by behaviors, systems and practices. Culture can also be a differentiator when it comes to talent attraction. And what does it look like?

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