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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. Additionally, the amount of people unemployed for 15 to 26 weeks decreased by 2.3 million to 2.6 million individuals.

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The Top Hiring Trends in Financial Services to Attract The Best Talent

4 Corner Resources Staffing Blog

AI can now assist with the spectrum of hiring activities, from the low-level, like screening resumes and scheduling interviews, to the high-level, like using predictive intelligence to anticipate a prospective candidate’s future success rate on the job. AI has also changed the game when it comes to financial roles.

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The Cost of Not Upgrading

Jobvite

The recession of 2008: The job market in 2008 was absolutely flooded with new applicants and fewer jobs, thus making it a “sellers market.” How could you possibly need more than a week to decide if my résumé warrants a phone screen? This caused the beginning of the rise of recruiting automation.

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33 insanely awesome job ads

Beamery

It also serves as a good way to screen applicants – if someone can’t spot the 10 mistakes maybe they’re not right for the job! On the hunt for candidates for a fundraising position, SAIT dropped fake $20 bills at the 2008 Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education Conference. 2 - Horizon FCB.

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3 Things You Need To Do When You Find A Backdoor Hire

NPA Worldwide

In 2008 he was inducted into INC Magazine’s, “INC 500” for being the CEO of Adams, Evens & Ross, the 307th fastest-growing privately held company in America. Hiring managers often go to great lengths to screen applicants, conduct interviews, and assess qualifications to make the best hiring decision possible.

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Should We Legislate Our Weight?

Staffing Talk

You might recall in 2008 Japan’s Ministry of Health passed the “metabo” law, undertaking one of the most ambitious efforts ever by one country to attempt to legislate against obesity. Others have called for soda taxes and laws against advertising junk food to children. Should we emulate Japan perhaps? Louis Post-Dispatch.

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Easy Ways to Improve Your Healthcare Recruiting Process

Hireology

When I first heard this phrase our country was in the throes of the 2008 / 2009 financial crisis and things looked very bleak for our country. External costs* are items such as agency fees, advertising costs (job boards), technology costs (recruiting software), job fairs, sign-on bonuses, or other recruitment event costs.