Julie Shenkman

September 7, 2016 Julie Shenkman

3 Plays Every Recruiter Needs for Competitive Hiring

We’re coming upon the time of the year where the air is getting a bit crisper, leaves are changing colors and everyone’s scheduling their fantasy football drafts. If you know recruiting, you know the hiring landscape is competitive, both on

July 28, 2016 Julie Shenkman

The Secret Weapon For Your Millennial Retention Strategy

Employers are realizing that putting total control of retirement decisions in the hands of their employees was a bad idea. Older employees are delaying retirement due to underfunding of their retirement portfolios and market volatility. The end results are increased

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July 26, 2016 Julie Shenkman

Hire Those Job Seekers That Are Doing Creative Things to Get Noticed

If you’re looking to make a change in the way your company operates, maybe you need to change your hiring process. Seek out the job seekers that are doing creative things to get noticed. Their fresh ideas likely don’t end

July 21, 2016 Julie Shenkman

Job Seeker Said He Put Up a Billboard Because ‘Nothing Else Was Working’

We often hear from job seekers who are frustrated with traditional job search tactics and feel the need to take the road less traveled to stand out. We’ve heard about a lot of interesting gimmicks, like the girl who wanted

July 11, 2016 Julie Shenkman

Would You Work a “Gig” in Today’s Shifting Economy?

[Excerpted from Social Hire] The gig economy in the U.S. has grown rapidly in recent years, with more workers taking on freelance, independent contractor and other non-traditional jobs. Within this new landscape exists a growing number of opportunities with on-demand

June 28, 2016 Julie Shenkman

How Embracing The Gig Economy Can Create A Happy Work Environment For Your Employees

Recently Nexxt conducted a survey to understand the booming gig economy. And the gig economy is such a hot topic at the moment that Nexxt’s Chief Marketing Officer, Joe Weinlick, was asked to talk to CBS about it. Here’s the

June 24, 2016 Julie Shenkman

SHRM 2016: Recap

So we just got back from the SHRM Annual Conference in Washington, DC and we just want to say, “Thank you!” to everyone that stopped by the Beyond (now Nexxt) booth. We had a great time in our nation’s capital

June 16, 2016 Julie Shenkman

SHRM DC 2016

Typically right before the SHRM Annual Conference we put out a blog post about what you should do while you’re at the conference and what attractions you can’t miss out on in the host city, but as we were putting

May 23, 2016 Julie Shenkman

You’ll Be Shocked To Hear What Freelance Workers Are Demanding

Nexxt recently conducted a survey of more than 5,000 job seekers, which revealed that many are hesitant to pursue the growing number of independent contractor opportunities with on-demand companies, such as driving for Uber or performing jobs through TaskRabbit. The

May 4, 2016 Julie Shenkman

Crazy New Hiring Trend: Hiring Teams

Is it Insane or Brilliant? So…you’re in the market for a new job and so is your best friend and so is his co-worker. You all work in the same field in different capacities and you want to work together.