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How to Hire and Retain Top Tech Talent

JazzHR

According to the Wall Street Journal , the technology skills gap is the highest it has been since the 2008 recession and technology recruiting challenges continue to hamper IT modernization efforts. The best engineers want to learn about customer problems so that they can get feedback to iterate toward new and innovative solutions.

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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? Leadership, Leadership, Leadership!

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Recruiting the Generation After the Millennials

Recruiting Blogs

Raised during the financial fallout of 2008 and knowing only a world with the internet, will the generation to follow the Millennials change the way we recruit?

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Employee Retention Tactics to Reduce Talent Waste, with Lee McQueen

Social Talent

The world of hybrid and remote work and interviews has revealed major flaws in the standard employee retention handbook. There’s a dangerous cycle of investing time and resources into hiring, onboarding, and training only for an employee to leave after the first year. What leads to employee retention problems?

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Leverage and Promote Your Company Mission

Recruiting Daily Advisor

After the 2008 financial crisis, unemployment reached levels not seen since the Great Depression, and it seemed employers held all the bargaining power when hiring new talent. The labor market recruiters and HR departments operated in not so long ago was a dream scenario.

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Creating Sustainable Talent Strategies for Long-Term Business Success

Social Talent

It’s about leaning in to up-skilling and mobility, improving engagement, and focusing on retention. Providing opportunity or reskilling your people raises engagement, it raises loyalty, and retention. Talent sustainability is about ensuring you’re not wasting the potential within your ranks.

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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. Development has long been a cornerstone of employee retention, career growth, and succession planning. By doing so, leaders will benefit from both short and long-term success.

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