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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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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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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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Answering Your Questions From Elevate 2021

Hireology

Hiring in retail automotive has been really tricky over the past two years. In response to the chip shortage and used car pricing surges, hiring priorities have been all over the map. . So we got pretty efficient at the hiring part, but still had turnover — most of it in the first year. Here’s what they had to say. .

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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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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.

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Skills Testing Unveiled: Industry-Specific Insights for Optimal Hiring

Vervoe

As such, during recruitment, you could find yourself at a crossroads once it’s time to make hiring decisions. Thankfully, with skills testing, you don’t have to face those hiring decisions without adequate candidate data to back you up. With skills tests, you unlock hiring possibilities without spending as much effort.