Category: Hiring

What’s Happening to Remote Work

A recent article by Korn Ferry, a global consulting organization, suggests a significant drop in remote work opportunities, reporting just one in seven job postings offering remote work. According to a Korn Ferry vice president, this decline is due to growing concerns companies have over losing their office culture and drops in productivity due to work-from-home […]

Written by on January 31, 2023

Webinar Replay: 2023 Hiring Outlook

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Written by on December 7, 2022

Do You Trust Your Compensation Data?

A recent study on compensation and employee performance shows a statistically high correlation between work quality, attitude, reliability, and the competitiveness of the employee’s salary. But how do HR teams ensure they’re offering competitive compensation? In a nutshell, businesses need accurate labor market and salary data to confidently offer top talent competitive wages and quickly respond to […]

Written by on October 24, 2022

The Boomerang Employee: Rehiring Former Talent

So, you’ve collected your resumes, and one stands out. A former employee has bravely reapplied. You have numerous opinions and thoughts until you reach the epiphany of . . . shortened training periods. Then, your face lights up as you realize this could be a mutually beneficial endeavor. Do you dare? Returning staff members can […]

Written by on October 18, 2022

Job Swimming: Meeting Expectations

The fight for comfort is the current reality for workers. The job market is developing an employee-centric undercurrent, shifting the dynamic from job-seeking to job-swimming. So, how do employers secure talent that will stay? An authentic person-centered approach bodes well with an emerging professional generation with high standards and a string of older generations quick […]

Written by on September 16, 2022

Do you need a compensation solution?

In 2023, LaborIQ predicts that companies will need to hire 65 million employees. However, although many global authorities have experienced unprecedented economic volatility this year, the employment market remains ever-competitive. Not least because employees are more fearful of leaving their jobs during periods of economic uncertainty, making for an increasingly tight labor market. So, what do employers […]

Written by on September 16, 2022

Recruiting for Transferable Skills

Some industries have emerged as winners during the coronavirus pandemic recovery, while others have been less fortunate. Luckily for talent acquisition pros, there’s a way to turn the underperforming industries into recruitment gold by scooping up the best of their former employees. The trick is hiring those with marketable skills that are easily transferable to […]

Written by on July 20, 2022

Recruiting Firms: How to Remain In Demand

Since the pandemic began, we’ve all read about the Great Resignation. The many cited reasons for it include early retirement, job losses and resignations by employees looking for a new way of living and working. As a result, the world of work continues to adapt, with current figures suggesting that hiring has slowed down as […]

Written by on July 7, 2022

Bidding for Interns: A Quick Run-Down

Since the Great Resignation at the end of 2021, many industries have continued to lose employees in large numbers. As a result, job openings are soaring ahead of the number of job seekers applying for work. Unfortunately, this has created a labor market where businesses compete fiercely for talent within very small candidate pools. It’s […]

Written by on June 6, 2022