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For Hiring The Contact Tracers Who Monitor The Spread Of COVID-19, New Entity Launched

“ContactSCG” unveiled by New Jersey-based SCG Advertising + Public Relations           PARSIPPANY, NJ (April 30, 2020) – Government agencies, non-profits, and private industry all are expected to hire upward of 300,000 health detectives – known as contact tracers – to identify and interview individuals who test positive for the virus and then trace those they’ve recently been in contact with. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other experts have expressed the belief ...

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Contact Tracers: The New Normal for Local & State Health Departments

An unprecedented recruitment challenge   They’re not new. In fact, contact tracers helped defeat SARS in 2003-2004, and are used regularly by health departments to combat HIV, measles, H1N1, and even Ebola. However, the incredible size of the contact tracing workforce will be the new normal as experts say that the Covid-19 Pandemic has created an explosive need for an army of these health detectives. Where now there are approximately 2,000 contact tracers across the nation, it is likely we will be ...

Care Facilities That Serve The Most Vulnerable Have Essential Frontline Duties, Long-Term Problems

The coronavirus death toll at long term care facilities – which includes nursing homes, assisted living, and other, related facilities – is currently approaching the tens of thousands, with numbers likely to rise further. New Jersey and New York are among the hardest hit by this devastation. Numbered among these staggering losses have been several high-profile cases involving misconduct and bad actors, and these will taint the entire industry for years. And, as a result, government at all levels has taken ...

Recruitment Insights – Coronavirus 4/13/20

    April 13, 2020 Coronavirus Brings Record Jobless Claims The Coronavirus Pandemic has had an immediate impact on a job market that was at record unemployment lows just two months ago. Nationwide unemployment in February was 3.55%, jumping to 4.44% in March. April will assuredly be even higher Jobless claims are over 16 million in three weeks. The nation has lost 10% of the workforce. Track the DOL claims for each individual state here. Interactive map with each state’s jobless ...

BREAKING — STUDY SAYS PEOPLE CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH

It’s a legendary scene. One famous actor shouts, “I want the truth!” The other snaps back, “You can't handle the truth!“   It’s cinematic genius, and also depicts one of the greatest challenges of communicating during a crisis – including our current public health emergency.  How much truth – and what degree of uncertainty -- can the public handle?   According to a just-released study from the University of Cambridge, uncertainty about facts can be reported without damaging public trust. The ...

Recruitment Insights – Coronavirus 4/3/20

April 3, 2020 Job Losses by State Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic the nation has seen the number of jobless claims reach the highest level in our history over the past two weeks. • The 3.28 million reported last week was four times greater than any week ever but did not affect states equally. See the chart here. • A staggering 6.6 million filed new claims this week. See the week to week percentage difference here. • Another look at the impact of the huge jump in unemployment claims by state. Stu ...

Recruitment Insights – Coronavirus

Industries Affected by Coronavirus The Coronavirus Pandemic has brought an otherwise strong jobs environment across the United States to the brink of potentially massive layoffs. However, it is essential to understand that industries are not affected equally. Take a look at the current situation for airlines, restaurants, hotels, and the cruise industry. More on hotels and airlines. More than 24.2 million Americans work in the five high-risk sectors of Mining, Transportation, Employment Service ...

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SCG Trendwatch: Recruitment Industry Insights – March 2020 “COVID-19 Crisis Edition”

Welcome to your monthly round-up for busy HR professionals. Each month, we share the latest news, strategies, tools and trends affecting the recruitment landscape. Check in each month for the latest updates from all over the web. Coronavirus: How Employers Around the Globe Are Responding Companies are scrambling to respond as the coronavirus, which causes the respiratory illness COVID-19, spreads around the world. During a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) webcast March 10, an official with t ...

Keep Yourself Healthy – Do The Same For Your Business

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