job seeker

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August 27, 2026 Julie Shenkman

The Job Seeker Confidence Gap: What It Means for Recruiters in 2026

At the start of 2026, we, at Nexxt, asked job seekers how they were feeling about the year ahead. They were optimistic, but with an important caveat: 45% believed they would find a job in 2026, while only 36% believed

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April 16, 2026 Julie Shenkman

How 2025 Changed The Hiring Game & What That Means Going Forward

If 2025 felt harder to hire in, it wasn’t just you. Hiring slowed, uncertainty took center stage, and decisions took longer. What matters now is understanding how candidates responded, because that’s what has set the stage for hiring today. A

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March 31, 2026 Julie Shenkman

2026 Hiring Trends: What Job Seekers Want—and Why Application Volume Is Surging

Nexxt, a leading HR technology company that helps employers reach candidates at scale, recently announced the results of a national survey of more than 1,500 job seekers which revealed a clear shift in candidate behavior, AI tool usage, and a

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July 12, 2022 Julie Shenkman

National Survey Validates Texting as a Key Hiring Solution

Nexxt, a talent solutions technology company, recently announced the results of a national survey of more than 3,100 job seekers which revealed how important cell phones are as part of their daily lives and how text messaging plays a key

May 6, 2021 Julie Shenkman

Are Job Seekers Ready to Get Back Out into the World?

It’s been more than a year since the world changed, but as we’re beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel, are job seekers and employers ready to get back out into the world? At Nexxt we’ve

August 20, 2020 Julie Shenkman

How Job Search Behavior Continues to Change

At Nexxt we surveyed our job seeker audience in May 2020 to understand how they were initiating or continuing on their job search journey and we have recently polled our job seeker audience again to understand how the job search

August 8, 2019 Julie Shenkman

Nexxt Announces Enhanced Text2Hire Conversation Product

We at Nexxt are excited to announce a software upgrade to our Text2Hire Conversation product! According to a survey, only 14% of the workforce is actively looking for a job, but 73% are open to receiving new job opportunities via

June 13, 2019 Julie Shenkman

Why Are Job Seekers Not Seeking Me?

A few tweaks to your job posting and you could be flooded with viable candidates.

November 21, 2017 Julie Shenkman

Skip The Turkey! I “Have” to Work!

Thanksgiving. . . it’s a time of, well, giving thanks. A time to break bread together, and forget our differences and focus on what we are thankful for. Unfortunately, according to a recent Nexxt survey (we partnered on with Chad

August 29, 2017 Julie Shenkman

The Major Flaw In Your Recruitment Strategy

Job board use skyrockets on Monday morning. Think about it – people are fresh off the weekend, sitting in cubicles at their lackluster jobs with a long week ahead of them. But once they’ve had some coffee and crank out