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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

Source: Chuenmanuse / Shutterstock. 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.

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

4 Corner Resources Staffing Blog

A shortage of mid-career employees Many people left the financial services industry after the crisis in 2008 and the lean economic years that followed. Leverage alternative sourcing channels Referrals are an excellent way to find candidates if you can get them.

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Graduate Recruitment – 5 Ways to Improve Your Strategy

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The State of Graduate Recruitment in 2021 The Key Challenges in Graduate Recruitment For: The Sourcing Process The Screening Process Retaining Great Graduates 5 Ways to Improve Your End-to-End Graduate Recruitment Strategy. We only have to look back to events such as the 2008/2009 economic recession to confirm this trend.

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How to Hire and Retain Top Tech Talent

JazzHR

While engineers aren’t typically the best source of customer feedback, here at Jazz you can regularly find engineers taking a break from coding in order to sit in on a customer call. Another team that I work with regularly is our software engineering team. Why Top Tech Talent is Important.

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What Do Tech Workers Really Want?

Indeed

Employers are picking up on this trend, too, with 70% now offering wellness initiatives (up from 58% in 2008). According to the American Psychological Association, lack of career advancement is a serious source of stress to workers , second only to insufficient pay. Workers want advancement and flexibility in a new job .

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Small Businesses Attracting Talent with Better Benefits, Study Says

Recruiting Daily Advisor

With unemployment at its lowest levels since 2008, competition for talent is fierce—61% of small businesses aim to offer a better benefits package than competitors with this increasing even more among start-ups (70%) and high-tech firms (81%). “The