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3 Essential Recruitment Strategies for Retail Hiring Success

Recruitics

Retail hiring is a significant challenge in today's market. From the rapid expansion of e-commerce to evolving customer demands to fluctuations in interest rates, the retail industry is constantly changing, and talent acquisition teams that support these businesses need an array of tools and resources to overcome the challenge.

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Retail Hiring and Recruitment Trends in the UK Market

Recruitics

million people work in the retail sector in the UK. Approximately 2.9 This large, important economic sector has been facing a tough time in recent years. The industry has been adapting to an unprecedented level of change, with 17,000 high street shops closing in 2022 , 50% higher than closures in 2021.

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Hospitality and Retail: 6 Qualifications To Reconsider When Hiring

Recruitics

Employee recruitment and retention have always been hot topics in high-turnover industries like hospitality and retail. However, the last couple of years has sent these service industries on a wild ride – permanently changing how hospitality and retail organizations attract and retain talent in a very hot job market.

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Retail Recruiting: How To Attract Top Candidates

Recruitics

Hiring in the retail industry can be challenging. Not only do retail companies have to focus on combating the talent shortage, but they also have to fight against high turnover, low retention, application rates dropping, and more. This all gets exacerbated as we enter high-volume hiring season as well.

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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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The Future of AI in Retail Hiring: Trends and Predictions

Talview

Retail hiring faces significant challenges like high turnover, the necessity for diverse skill sets, rapid recruitment, and the elimination of bias. AI is reshaping retail hiring with innovative solutions that streamline and enhance the process.

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Improving Quality of Hire for Retail

Ideal

Using Ideal for screening, Indigo reduced time to hire by 75% Using Ideal for messaging, Hot Topic reduced recruiter workload by 30% The post Improving Quality of Hire for Retail appeared first on ideal. New training tools include: VR & AR: Immersive technologies for enhanced learning experiences.

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HR Efficiencies with Data-Driven Prioritization (Case Study)

As one of Australia’s largest and most iconic retailers, Coles Group employs 115,000+ team members in its network of 2,400+ locations across the country. With hiring at such a high volume, Coles needed a fast and efficient way to properly screen and prioritize the right candidates, while still complying with government standards of hiring.