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4 Ways to Adopt Skills-Based Hiring in Retail

Vervoe

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an incredible impact on labor markets right across the world — particularly in the retail industry. In the US alone, there were 878,000 job openings in retail in March 2021, a 53% increase from the same period the year prior , according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. What is skills-based hiring?

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Adapting Recruitment and Retention Strategies for the Modern Retail Space

Slayton Search Partners

The retail industry has become predictably unpredictable. From the retail sales plunge in early 2020 to the chronic supply chain disruptions of the following two years, retailers have faced significant market volatility since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The importance of staying agile must be reiterated.

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The Benefits of An Open-Hiring Strategy

Employment Metrix

An open-hiring strategy is the process of hiring anyone regardless of their background and this strategy benefits people from all walks of life. It is also incredibly beneficial to employers who need to hire a lot of people who can be trained to get the job done. Benefits: Open-hiring speeds up the recruitment process.

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3 Benefits of Collaborative Onboarding

JazzHR

It could take a new hire eight months to become fully productive in their role, suggests Harvard Business Review , which can seem to be a long—not to mention, costly—amount of time. What’s more, they feel 91 percent more connected to the work and 89 percent more integrated into the culture. Guest blog by Jessica Thiefels.

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Hard to Hire: Third-Party Recruiting & the State of Talent Acquisition Report

The talent acquisition challenges of today are unparalleled: 90% of survey respondents feel that the current hiring market is more challenging now than in the past! Recruiting as we’ve known it is evolving - how are you keeping ahead of the competition?

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How to Address High Turnover With Retail Employees

Achievers - Recruiting

Here’s a not-so-fun fact: Retail employees leave their positions at a rate that’s over four times higher than the average turnover rate in all other industries. According to Human Resources Today, that translates to $19 billion in costs related to hiring and training new employees. Focus on fit during hiring .

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5 tips to boost your 2022 seasonal hiring

CareerArc

Seasonal hiring. With many struggling just to fill their open positions at all, the thought of increasing hiring to match holiday demand just seems unrealistic. For example, holiday hiring in the retail industry dropped 7% this last year due to difficulties in finding retail staff. Keep on reading to find out.