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Adapting Recruitment and Retention Strategies for the Modern Retail Space

Slayton Search Partners

As the retail landscape continues to shift, new economic challenges and hiring difficulties have emerged. Now more than ever, retail leaders must adapt their recruitment and retention strategies accordingly to stabilize their workforce and access the talent they need to thrive. The importance of staying agile must be reiterated.

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Hiring in the UK: The latest trends indicate positivity

The Staffing Stream

The summer months often show seasonal peaks and troughs of hiring across professional services as some sectors see recruitment slow with fewer people seeking jobs during the holiday period, while others such as retail, tourism and hospitality tend to see activity pick up. The early days of the pandemic.

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Despite Slight Cooling, Recruiters Now in Higher Demand Than Engineering Talent

Recruiting Daily

However, recruitment and retention difficulties will not disappear as the unemployment rate is only projected to rise to around 4.5% Companies will need to prepare for continued labor shortages and further improve their sourcing and retention strategies to remain competitive.” Tech Hiring Slips. Who knew that could happen?

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If You’re Not Hiring for Skills, You Probably Aren’t Keeping Up With the New World of Work

Recruiting Daily

For as long as I can remember, the most important thing for recruiters and hiring managers was just this one thing: your job title. This wastes an enormous amount of time and inhibits the organization’s ability to respond to issues in a timely fashion. It also makes talent pools more diverse and often makes hiring more effective.

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Customer Service starts with Employee Engagement – now more than ever

Employment Technologies

COMPLETION: He did the work in a timely fashion, and let the client know when the work was completed. As you review the four C’s, do you see the links between hiring, equipping employees, and retaining customers? Build Competence – What assessments are you using in your hiring process? An Integrated Approach.

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3 Reasons Why Candidate Personas Will Help You Hire

Glassdoor for Employers

This hiring climate calls for a focused approach to finding and attracting the right people, one that takes account of personality and preferences as much as qualifications and experience. Ask yourself whether formal business language will convey the right image, or will it come across as stuffy and old fashioned?

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Employee Retention- 3 Strategies To Increase Chances Of Employing Candidates That Will Stay With Your Company

Recruiting Blogs

What companies can guarantee is that they provide their staffing department with the needed resources to hire candidates with the greatest potential to stay. A company can reduce their overall cost per hire by developing a culture where people want to work. There is a clear reason- Cost per hire!