Human Resources

Hate your job? How long should you stay?

October 7, 2016 Julie Shenkman

Today’s job seekers are impatient—and that’s okay.

As a recruiter, is job hopping a red flag? Or do you understand why people leave their jobs? Walk into any bar around town at happy hour and you’ll overhear more than one person complaining about work. Job dissatisfaction is

September 30, 2016 Julie Shenkman

You’ll Be Shocked To Hear How Modern Workers Define Success

Nexxt recently conducted a survey of more than 11,000 job seekers, which revealed that traditional markers of success such as salary and company tenure aren’t as relevant to today’s workers. According to the survey—which was evenly split between employed and

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

A pair of glasses with the city shining through

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

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 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 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.

April 1, 2016 Julie Shenkman

Indebted to You? Student Loan Benefit Could Be Key Retention Tool

[Excerpted from Workforce] With crippling student loan debt the norm these days, a survey finds employees are attracted to companies that offer repayment benefits. Every day parents and students alike research the cost of a college education — and sticker

March 24, 2016 Julie Shenkman

The Secret to Keeping Your Employees From Leaving You

According to the Bureau of Labor statistics the average professional switches jobs every three to four years and when you have to fill that position that can cost you big bucks. The secret to recruitment and retention is the same