Hiring Trends

Try “Different” Experience To Get Better Candidates Today

If you’re looking to fill the roles you have, you may have to look to an underskilled workforce to identify transferable talent. Consider the restaurant/hospitality industry with excellent customer service skills and repurpose them into other roles created by the pandemic, such as contact tracers and temperature checkers.

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The Powerful Solution for Today’s Hiring Needs: Gig Work

Is your organization feeling pressed for right-sized staffing, but given the volatile past year, feeling hesitant to fully staff up with permanent employees? We can tell you one thing, you are not alone. There is one specific solution to this predicament that can work well for both your company and job seekers; gig work.

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A 2021 Spotlight On How Restaurants & Hospitality Are Performing

Some of the industries hit hardest by the pandemic-induced recession rely on travel and tourism for the vast majority of their business. According to the AHLA State of the Hotel Industry 2021, the hospitality industry workforce is down nearly 4 million jobs compared to this time in 2019. 53.4 percent of job losses in this industry were experienced by women, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and people of color and older workers This sector added 355,000 new jobs in February, making up most of the nonfarm payroll gains in the market, and another 200,000 jobs are expected to be filled this year, though half of U.S. hotel rooms are projected to remain empty in 2021. Airlines have resumed hiring and training new workers as well.

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Retail Hiring Is Gaining Noticeable Momentum

The home improvement retail chain Lowe’s has announced a hiring spree of 50,000 front-line workers this spring in addition to $80 million in bonuses to their existing team of front-line workers in North American stores. Rival chain Home Depot has not made any such announcement in 2021, though last year they announced a more ambitious goal of hiring 80,000 employees around this time.

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Businesses Anticipate What Consumers And Employees Will Care About in 2021

For the last several months, the American economy and job market have been slowly progressing back towards pre-pandemic levels. New changing demands for workplace policies have opened up acceptance for home accommodations and flexible hours. Once it is generally safe for employees to return to the workplace across the board, consumer attitudes and expectations of top talent will continue to shape hiring strategies.

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