SCG Trendwatch: Recruitment Industry Insights – April 2020

Trendwatch

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.

How to Win the War for Talent

Companies, and HR departments, in particular, are facing unprecedented challenges when it comes to attracting talent, retaining that talent, and effectively keeping talent engaged in achieving organizational excellence. Read more…

How a Mobile-First Automated Strategy Can Transform Your Recruitment

If your company is having trouble finding and retaining workers, you’re not alone: Employee recruitment and retainment remain a significant challenge for companies across industries. According to CareerBuilder, 50% of human resources managers say they currently have open positions for which they can’t find qualified candidates.  Read more…

Video and social posting up in COVID-19 recruiting era

While some companies have scaled back in response to the pandemic, others are hiring en masse, putting pressure on recruiters to source, engage and hire candidates in a time when in-person interviews or discussions are largely off the table.  Read more…

How Reward Gateway Successfully Shifted Their Teams To Remote Work

Before COVID-19, most of Reward Gateway’s work, collaboration, and communication happened online, but just like many businesses today are experiencing for the first time, transitioning our entire workforce to be fully remote teams has proven to be a difficult shift.  Read more…

Indeed applicants can mark themselves ‘#readytowork’

While unemployment claims continue to rise at unprecedented rates, some employers found their services in high demand and sharply increased recruitment to compensate. Read more…

What Employees and Employers Really Value at Work

With low unemployment and a good market for job opportunities, today’s employees are on the move more than ever before. According to a recent Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), over 3.5 million Americans quit their jobs every month. This is an alarming statistic considering how much it costs from a monetary and productivity standpoint to train a new employee. On average, it costs small businesses about $1,200 to train a new hire and takes eight to 26 weeks for that person to achieve full productivity. Read more…

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