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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. Unemployment for recent high school graduates sits at 8.7% while college graduates is at 4.5%. million to 2.6

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Retirements vs Quits: Getting to the Bottom of the Great Resignation

Slayton Search Partners

But the sore truth is that millions of employees continue to re-evaluate their careers and seek new opportunities, leaving employers to redefine their retention initiatives. The topic of employee retention quickly took center stage, while wages rose ever higher against the landscape of an increasingly competitive talent market.

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5 Things You Should Do to Get Your Employees to Stay Longer

Linkedin Talent Blog

In a recent survey by Deloitte , 78% of business leaders ranked employee retention as important or urgent. Yet, earlier this year the Department of Labor reported that employee turnover is at its highest level since 2008. Cleary, employers retention efforts are failing. Unhappy with compensation.

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

Recruiting Daily

Wage growth continues to run hot, with increases expected to continue into 2022, and at the highest levels since 2008’s Great Recession. Also at decades-high is the Consumer Price Index which, according to BLS climbed 7.9 We are once again flirting with 50-year unemployment lows.

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Raising the (Minimum Wage) Bar

JazzHR

Following raises in 2007 and 2008, the federal minimum wage hasn’t budged since 2009, when the government set the wage at $7.25 At that rate, someone working full-time would make $15,080 before taxes. This shifting paradigm gives low-earning workers more power at the negotiating table. Knowing when to raise wages.

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The Recession and Recruitment: What You Need to Know

Recruiting Daily Advisor

This phenomenon has left employers scrambling to hold onto employees as the remaining workforce has taken advantage of its newfound labor market leverage to look for more attractive jobs and greater compensation. A Looming Recession. Don’t Pop the Champagne Just Yet. But, Aument says, she doesn’t think that’s necessarily true. “It’s

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21 Ways to Lead With Your Employer Brand Now (RallyFwd Recap)

Rally Recruitment Marketing

If you missed the conference, but still want to rally forward with us, here are 21 takeaways from the talented speaker line-up at RallyFwd Virtual Conference: Lead With Employer Brand. Chloé Rada , Director of Talent Administration, Technology & Branding at Sodexo. Session: #WeAreInThisTogether: Crisis Communications With Impact.