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Are Jobseekers Better at Finding Jobs Than Companies Recruiting Talent?

Many organizations feel like they are trying to find a needle in a growing haystack when it comes to recruiting talent. Just read the headlines and you’ll likely get…

Millennials’ Lack of Financial Literacy Costs Employers Too

Previously (in 9 Workplace Trends Worth Knowing,) Ira Wolfe wrote about the troubling statistic between recent graduates (Millennials) and their preparedness for professional environments. Specifically it was stated that four…

What Would You Do If Your Candidate Refused To…

The war for talent is hot.  Last week I wrote about a company who recently lost many of its top sales producers to a competitor.  This week a client called…

9 Workforce Trends Worth Knowing

In 1999 I coined the term “Perfect Labor Storm” to describe the multiple factors working in concert to create a critical shortage of workers.  At that time the…

More Under Skilled Job Applicants Coming Your Way

The last thing that employers who are seeking skilled workers needs is job hunting advice like this: 4 Steps to Getting Hired When You Aren’t Completely Qualified That is…

7 Trends That Will Change the Way You Hire, Manage, and Retain in 2015

“Average is over,” according to Tom Friedman and the pace of change is accelerating.  These trends spell both doom and opportunity to the world of human resources. Beneath the cloud…

Stay-At-Home Moms: Another Skilled Worker Hurdle?

At a time when skilled labor is scarce, stay at home moms point to yet another challenge that management faces when it comes to filling open positions, according to new…

Retention and Hiring Woes Mount in 2014

Each year PayScale conducts a survey of compensation best practices to take a look at what transpired in the year just ended and predict trends for the upcoming year.  In…

U.S. Unemployment Stats: Fantasy vs. Reality

The December 2013 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Unemployment Report showed that only 74,000 people found new jobs. Of these, 31,000 were part-time. Yet, the U.S…

Success Performance Solutions President Forecasts “Worsening Perfect Labor Storm”

Read more at Success Performance Solutions President to Deliver Keynote at PA Workforce Development Summit (via SBWire…