This Spooky Season we asked our team what the scariest thing about the current employment market is. I’m sure we all could think of several, but some of them take the cake for the scariest of all time. Read on below to find out what our team finds super spooky! ...
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Let’s Talk About the Great Resignation
We’ve seen it everywhere, so let’s talk about the elephant in the room, the Great Resignation. Also known as the Big Quit, the Great Reshuffle, or the strike! First and foremost, what is it? Starting in early 2021, employees were leaving their positions left and...
Building a Strong Company Culture in a High-Stress Environment
Building a strong company culture requires quite a bit of heavy lifting. It takes time. Often the most meaningful things to build it are the small, understated actions that happen throughout the workday. Good company culture is hard to quantify, but we all know what...
It’s a Post-Pandemic Job Market. Stop Making these 6 Hiring Mistakes!
Hiring Crisis. Talent Shortage. Skills Scarcity. The Great Resignation. Call it what you want, but let’s face it, today’s labor market is tight, fast-moving, and unpredictable. There’s no doubt the pandemic changed the hiring landscape dramatically for candidates and...
Recruiting 101: (Re)Learning the Basics of Effective Recruiting (and Why Everyone Needs to Do It)
The pandemic, changing job seeker needs, economic trends, and general uncertainty about the future makes recruiting in 2021 a challenge. While challenging, it’s not impossible. Sometimes the best leaders get so caught up in chasing the latest trends, they lose sight...
Did the Pandemic Change Your Candidate Sourcing and Screening Processes? It Should Have.
Let’s be blunt for a second: If your business has an open position, you need to fill it. Waxing poetic about if/why professionals are unmotivated to return to work isn’t going to help you fill your open position. Whether the market is candidate-driven or...
Looking to Attract New Talent? You’ll Want to Do This for Your Current Employees
Basic principles of supply and demand tell us that in a candidate-driven market, it is not uncommon for companies to struggle to attract and retain talent; for some organizations, a candidate-driven market can make it feel like the talent pool has dried up entirely....
Should You Take That Counteroffer? 5 Questions to Ensure You’re Making the Right Decision
Most job seekers believe the process of obtaining a new job is straightforward: you apply, interview, and if you’re lucky, you’ll receive a job offer. If you don’t? Rinse and repeat. In reality, job searching is far more nuanced than playing a game of large numbers. ...
Knowing When to Say No: Building Your List of Job Dealbreakers
Being offered a new job is one of the greatest feelings in the world. Searching for that job, on the other hand...well, no one likes that. Aside from the anxiety of opening yourself up to potential rejection, there’s a lot of information to remember (company research,...
High Tensions and Close Quarters: Three Tips to Effectively Work From Home With a Partner
Last year was an adjustment for our personal and professional lives. Many employees found themselves balancing a new remote work structure with e-learning/childcare, caring for family members with compromised immune systems, mentally adjusting to new social distancing...