A few tweaks to your job posting and you could be flooded with viable candidates.
Continue readingGain, Retain, and Engage Top Talent by Offering Professional Development
With a tight labor market, employers are searching for new and creative ways to not only attract talent, but also keep the talent they already have. While benefits like insurance, retirement funds, time off, and flexible schedules are all top of mind when it comes to reassessing benefits, one that employers often overlook is professional development. Is this a benefit worth considering or just another buzzword floating around out there on a few job postings?
Continue readingThese 5 Interview Questions Will Help You Find the Perfect Employee
Interviewing a new potential employee can be a tedious process, especially once you get to determining if they’re the right fit for the position and the company. Making sure you ask great questions that give you insight into how the
Continue readingWhy Giving Your Employees Flexibility Improves Morale and Productivity
In a job market like today’s, where skilled workers are in high demand and employers are having a hard time filling positions, offering workplace flexibility is something to consider in order to attract top talent. The idea that flexibility invokes laziness is an old school one and has since been proven untrue. Employees are far more likely to rate their job positively and use their hours productively when they have some control over their schedule. Here are some easy ways you can give your employees the flexibility they want.
Continue readingNexxt Brings the Power of AMP to Job Alert Emails to Greatly Improve the Job Search Experience
We at Nexxt are very excited to announce that we are working toward improving the job search experience through an integration with Google. The integration of AMP, into Nexxt’s SmartMatch Alert emails will bring job seekers the most up-to-date, dynamic
Continue reading4 Ways to Attract High Performing Talent
If you had to put a price tag on your top sales executive, how much would they be worth? What about the web developer you struck gold with? Or, your all-star digital marketer? As the Harvard Business Review notes, a
Continue readingGen Z Rising: How This New Generation Will Transform the Workplace
Generation Z is the first generation that can barely remember a time before smartphones and the internet. They hold many qualities in common with millennials, but have been greatly influenced by coming of age during the Great Recession. Understanding how these factors make them unique is the first step to understanding how they will change the workplace.
Continue readingA Tale of One City – What Employers Can Learn from NYC and Amazon’s Squandered Deal
By now, almost everyone has heard that Amazon has backed out of moving one of its two new headquarters to Long Island City, NY. The reason? NYC and Amazon just couldn’t agree on things, and negotiations came to a standstill.
Continue reading5 Ways to Discourage Your Staff from Calling in Sick After the Super Bowl
Monday mornings are hard enough, but factor in a night of indulging, watching football (and commercials) and you have a recipe for disaster. With Super Bowl Sunday on the horizon, employers around the country should be bracing themselves for a
Continue reading78% of People Plan to Look for a New Job in 2019 – Which is Why You Need to Focus on Improving Employee Engagement
The new year is starting out with some headlines that undoubtedly have employers on edge. Half of DC-area Workers Would Jump Ship for Amazon, Why More Employers May Be Checking in With Talent Every Day, or even Employee Experience Rarely
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