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What Wayne Kerr can teach you about professional growth

RecruitmentJuice

Back in 2008 (where he possibly should have stayed), the suspiciously-named Wayne Kerr was a regular presence across our training videos. If you’ve been exploring the Recruitment Juice platform for a while, you might be familiar with a colourful character from our earliest days delivering recruiter training.

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JOLTS and jobs: Our talent experts discuss the latest labor reports

Eightfold

percent, the highest it’s been since 2008, “ a significant milestone for the Black community and the U.S. Eightfold data shows that increasing the share of Black or Hispanic employees by 10 percent can increase an organization’s employee retention rate by 4.4 The Black labor force rose to 64.1 economy as a whole,” Khan said.

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The Effects of Decreasing College Enrollments on the Labor Market

Acara Solutions

The 2008 recession caused a significant decline in the birth rate. Focus on retention: As qualified candidate attraction becomes even more of an issue with declining college enrollments, talent retention comes front and center.

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Intern Recruiting 101: Building a Successful Internship Program

ConveyIQ

That’s a 24% increase from 2008. What’s more, since employees who begin as interns often have a higher retention rate , internship programs can be a great way for employers to grow new talent. In fact, according to Time , more than 62% of 2017 graduates reported doing an internship during their time in college.

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Productive uses of your holiday downtime

Social Talent

Studies have shown that micro-learning leads to increased learning retention and higher adoption rates when it comes to new behaviour and techniques. Podcasts have continuously grown in popularity since 2008. When content is broken down this way people can digest information and have time to practice their new learnings.

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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. Even during times of record high unemployment, companies experience retention challenges, and business impacts can be severe.

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The Surprising Reason the Majority of Employees Are Ready to Quit Their Jobs

Recruiting Daily Advisor

According to Gallup’s State of the American Workplace report , higher employee engagement translates to 24% greater worker retention, 21% higher profitability, and 17% more productivity. The cost of doing nothing—in terms of both employee retention and productivity—has never been higher. Russ Fradin is the CEO of Dynamic Signal.