February 2022 - A National Federation for Independent Business survey found a net 50% of small businesses raised their pay over the past three months, which is the highest rate in 48 years, but most small businesses aren't going to be able to keep pace with corporate titans.
Read MoreFinding the job you want is hard.
Whether you're looking to reenter the workforce or leave your current position, the excitement of a new career is often thwarted by the daunting task of job searching. Do you really want to sift through job boards to find potential openings, put more time into perfecting your resume, and sit around waiting for the phone to ring?
To make the process easier, job seekers should consider working with a recruiter.
Read MoreMarch 2022 - Most office workers would rather be able to work remotely than get a promotion, according to a new survey It's yet another data point that illustrates how workplace flexibility has evolved from a perk to an expectation at a time when companies are rethinking their policies on remote work.
A survey of more than 6,000 office or technology workers around the world by workplace automation company Ivanti found 71% of respondents would prefer remote work to a promotion.
Read MoreReworking your résumé to keep it up to date is not always the most interesting or exciting of tasks. Sometimes, it can even feel super overwhelming and you end up putting it off until the last minute.
Read MoreWe tell most candidates that we work with they have 60 seconds to capture a recruiter or hiring manager’s attention with their résumé—60 seconds to two minutes for the recruiters to determine if you are a candidate they want to speak to. Hard to believe or understand, right?
Read MoreApril 2022 - The U.S. inflation rate reached 8.6 percent in May 2022, its highest level since December 1981, the U.S. Department of Labor reported on June 10, putting additional pressure on employers to raise wages to keep pace. See the SHRM Online article U.S. Inflation Rate Reaches 8.6% in May, a 40-Year High, Pushing Wages Up.
Read MoreYou may feel more relaxed walking into a job interview for a new role within your current company. After all, you may be familiar with these people and already know the employer. Yet, experts say that you need to prepare just as much for internal interviews as if you were someone applying from outside the organization.
Read MoreStaffing shortages prompted by the Great Resignation are contributing to burnout for the workers left behind, an April survey by Eagle Hill showed. 52% of workers surveyed saying it is their top problem at work.
Read MoreStepping out into the job market in 2022? With talent shortages and a record number of workers quitting, there’s an unprecedented movement going on in the job market right now. It’s a great time to make a career move, but you also need to make sure you’re making the most of the opportunity. You can do that by not making these five job search mistakes.
Read MoreWriting a resume career summary can cause even the best writers to have writer’s block. That’s probably why so many job seekers turn to internet examples and end up with the exact same summaries.
Check out this go-to formula you can use to compose your resume career summary and make adjustments as you apply to different positions.
Read MoreJune 2022 - Carol Schmidt has more than two decades of experience in the recruiting world, but what she’s seeing in 2022 is unprecedented.
That’s particularly true when it comes to how companies are approaching pay.
“We’ve never seen the pay-rate increases that we’ve seen over the past year,” said Schmidt, senior director of human resources at Morgan Hunter Cos. “And candidates keep getting it because there are no other options.”
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