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Retail Recruiting: How To Attract Top Candidates

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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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How to Address High Turnover With Retail Employees

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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. When you add it all up, retail employee turnover is incredibly expensive. . 5 strategies for retaining retail employees . Focus on fit during hiring .

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4 Ways to Adopt Skills-Based Hiring in Retail

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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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Why Retailers Are Taking the Lead on Skills-First

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Retail companies are pitching upskilling and internal mobility opportunities like never before as they strive to remain competitive, improve employee retention, and advance equity at their organizations. Filling the skills gap Large retailers are investing significant money in upskilling workers. In the U.K.,

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A Commitment to Transparent HCM Metrics, and What It Takes To Get There

Speaker: George LaRocque, Crystal Andrews Banks, and Chris Powell

Analyst George LaRocque of WorkTech sits down with Crystal Andrews Banks, Director of Diversity & Inclusion for Ulta Beauty and Chair, Diversity Inclusion Leadership Council for Retail Industry Leaders Association and Chris Powell, CEO of Talent Data and Analytics company, Talmetrix, to discuss the journey to transparency.

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Why your employer brand has never been more important (and how to improve it)

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It affects the motivation and retention of your current staff, your attrition rates, your public reputation and ultimately, your bottom line. Industries which previously might not have attracted top talent, like retail and grocery, were reframed as essential in 2020. It’s important to get right!

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Answering Your Questions From Elevate 2021

Hireology

Hiring in retail automotive has been really tricky over the past two years. How do you really secure the best employees? . “It It goes without saying, but I don’t think in our industry often times we’re intentional enough about the retention of associates,” said John. “So Here’s what they had to say. .

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

Recruiting as we’ve known it is evolving - how are you keeping ahead of the competition? 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!