Posts Tagged With ‘ hiring ’

With the new employment search environment, it is becoming clear that today’s workers are looking for more out of their employers. Now with our recent 3.4% unemployment announcement, employers are struggling to find quality talent. What is an employer to do? Back in the old days (pre-covid), you would simply have to pay more to keep employees happy. Now it is a much different time! Today’s employees are looking for more than just a paycheck and today’s employers must evolve to meet what the employees want. First of all, wages must meet their basic needs but they aren’t the most important... Continue Reading

Older Americans’ share of the labor force has doubled since the early 1990s, and they constitute roughly one in four workers today. But their dominance is mainly an artifact of the baby boomers’ demographic bulge moving through the labor force and says little about how employers view the growing ranks of aging workers. Employers’ willingness to hire or retain older workers, especially when someone younger is available, is an important issue for a couple related reasons. Boomers are under increasing pressure to work as long as possible to improve their finances before retiring. It’s also... Continue Reading

As leaders face the most volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous business conditions ever, one thing is clear: Talent is an organization’s most powerful and sustainable competitive advantage. As a result of the Great Resignation, the talent pipeline in many organizations may be running a bit dry. But, addressing this with creative solutions for attracting, developing, and retaining the best possible employees is among a leader’s most fundamental priorities. It’s an unfortunate reality, however, that the pipes we’re most familiar with—the plumbing that delivers water to our homes—operate... Continue Reading