49% of job seekers are passive, which means, if you’re not investing in passive candidates, you’re leaving a large pool of talent untapped. Passive candidates are ideal for highly skilled and critical positions, when locating qualified active candidates is
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Last year was rough on employers. The Great Resignation swept the nation. 50 million people left their jobs in 2022, the most since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking two decades ago. Turnover rates soared and left businesses scrambling
Continue readingRetention Is High At The Moment
Employee retention reached lows in 2022. Dubbed the “great resignation,” nearly 50 million Americans quit their jobs last year, according to the federal JOLTS report, with about 4 million resigning every month. This was the highest documented rate of employee
Continue readingExploring Hiring Trends in 2023: Peak Hiring Season Approaching
As the upcoming peak hiring season approaches will you be faced with an increase in demand to hire? Are you and your teams equipped with the right recruiting tools to meet that hiring demand? We at Nexxt understand that the
Continue readingShifting Priorities: What Job Seekers REALLY Want!
A Nexxt survey of job seekers asked the hard-hitting question, “What do job seekers really want?” Throughout a lot of unknowns over the last few years, the priorities of job seekers have obviously changed and changed back and changed again.
Continue readingIt Is Still a Job Seeker’s Market
Ever since COVID-19 impacted the world, the employment market has been changing. First it was favoring employers, then it was favoring the job seekers, and as we entered 2023, it’s been a bit muddy. Will we see another shift in
Continue readingHow Confident Are Job Seekers About Finding a Job in 2023?
A Nexxt survey asked job seekers how they feel about conducting a job search this year with so much uncertainty based on the economic landscape. We also learned who is searching for jobs at the moment and what they’re interested
Continue readingJob Descriptions in The Digital Era Should Be Based on Skills Not Tasks
job Employers are scaling back or even eliminating the need for employees and potential employees to have college degrees. Their reasoning for this? Employers now prefer to hear and see a candidate’s skills and competencies. A Harvard Business Review study
Continue readingDo You Have Hourly Jobs You Need to Fill?
Let’s agree that hiring hourly workers has always been a challenge, but it’s even harder at the moment. These are the people who showed up and kept the world running while the majority of us stayed home in 2020 and
Continue readingIt’s Time to Get to Know the Hourly Worker
Until recently, hiring hourly workers wasn’t that challenging, but after an extended period of time when many hourly workers were deemed essential, the tables have turned. So, who is the hourly worker and what motivates them? Download the PDF.
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