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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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How to Hire New Graduates: 5 Recruitment Marketing Optimizations That Work

Recruitics

Some of the choices will be good and some not very good, but the labor market for 2017 grads isn’t at all like the horrendous labor market in 2008, 2009, and even 2010.”. million new graduates entering the job market to find, attract, engage and hire the best talent for your teams? The Job Description and Apply Process.

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

Linkedin Talent Blog

Yet, earlier this year the Department of Labor reported that employee turnover is at its highest level since 2008. The why is that many companies retention efforts focus too much on compensation, benefits and bonuses and not the other reasons for leaving that surface during exit interviews. Unhappy with compensation.

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Recruiting Interns: How to Make the Most of Young Talent

Recruiters Lineup

This was substantially higher than in previous years when in 2008 it was only 50% and in 1992 only 17% reported participating in any type of internship. Some of the methods employed by companies to attract and retain top talent are by offering creative compensation and benefits packages and reskilling current employees.

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15 Examples of an Awesome “About Us” Statement

Ongig

An About Us statement is a critical piece job posting or web site. Like any content on your job pages, it’s an opportunity to sell the candidate! You should instead put your About Us towards the end of your job ad. specifics about the job) and penalize you for redundant content (e.g. Airbnb (no header).

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Employer Brand Is About the Business (Not Just Recruiting)

Proactive Talent

Think about the Compensation Specialist who approved the leveling and salary band. Think about the recruiter who wrote the job description, screened the candidate, and enticed them into becoming very interested in the role. Think about a great hire. Think about the employee who referred them.

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Eight Ways to Better Safety

COATS Staffing Software

Worker safety should always be top of mind for businesses, particularly when taken into consideration with the rising cost of Worker’s Compensation coverage, health care and in general, employee wellness. cases in 2015 , the number of fatal injuries is the highest it’s been since 2008. cases per 100 in 2014 to 3.0