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November 21, 2023 Julie Shenkman

Better Hires Are the Result of a Cautious Job Market

The job market is currently on a cool down with a shortage of open job positions and decreasing rates of employee resignations. Employees aren’t leaving their jobs as quickly as they were last year as job seekers are concerned about

November 7, 2023 Julie Shenkman

Proactive Strategies for Building a Strong Talent Pool

Building a talent pool is a critical first step to fulfilling your organization’s hiring needs. A strong talent pool reduces time-to-hire and cost-of-hire, increases the quality-of-hire, and saves you from scrambling for talent when the need to hire arises. But

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October 24, 2023 Julie Shenkman

Holiday Retail Hiring: Be Prepared to Hire Fast

As the 2023 holiday season approaches, the retail industry will be facing an usual circumstance when it comes to hiring. As a result of COVID-19 and shifting consumer behavior and preferences, retail businesses are expecting to hire fewer employees this

October 12, 2023 Julie Shenkman

Strategic Sourcing: Finding and Engaging Passive Candidates for Success

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

College Graduates Hopefully Looking Off to the Side

September 28, 2023 Julie Shenkman

What New Grads Really Want from Their First Jobs

Gen Z is entering the workforce in droves, and with them comes fresh ideas, diverse perspectives, and modern priorities. To effectively engage with and hire members of this up-and-coming talent pool, it’s important to know what matters most to them

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September 12, 2023 Julie Shenkman

Hello to the Big Stay

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

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August 24, 2023 Julie Shenkman

Retention 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

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August 10, 2023 Julie Shenkman

Hiring Event Success: Solving the 6 Most Common Challenges

Hiring events provide an effective and efficient opportunity for companies to connect with potential candidates face to face and they go beyond the limitations of traditional recruitment methods. Over the years, we’ve been told that hosting successful hiring events has

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July 11, 2023 Julie Shenkman

Exploring 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

Nexxt Infographic "Shifting Priotities: What Job Seekers Really Want

July 6, 2023 Julie Shenkman

Shifting 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.