Whether you’re a leader at an up-and-coming startup or an enterprise-level employer, business leaders everywhere have learned critical lessons about retaining talent in the last few years. After the pandemic sparked a change in how we work and live, professionals across industries changed employers or...
You aren’t alone if you’re looking to rebound your career after a layoff. This month, Amazon joined other tech giants, including Twitter and Meta (formerly Facebook), in a significant workforce reduction—laying off ten thousand employees. With an economy in flux and problematic inflation, job security...
Writing about yourself is never easy, period. And crafting your professional bio comes with some added pressure because it matters more to your career than anything else you write. Whether it’s living on your website, your LinkedIn summary, or on a company or association page—your...
If you interview job candidates—keep reading—this blog takes you through some seemingly innocuous questions that can get you into legal trouble. With the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in place to safeguard applicants from discrimination, some strict laws might surprise you. In this blog,...
Maybe we’re going through a post-pandemic work culture shock, maybe the zennial and millennial dominated workforce has different expectations, or maybe, professionals are normalizing setting healthy boundaries at work. Either way, recently, “quiet quitting” went viral on a TikTok video by a popular zennial content...
The first few days and weeks on a job are intense. There’s a new tech stack to navigate, new team members to meet, a new hierarchy and set of team dynamics, and a serious case of information overload. The launchpad for a contract position and...
September is here. The great pumpkin-latte debate is in full swing again, schools online and onsite or in session, and yes, it just so happens to be Update Your Resume Month. But at Staffing Strong, we think of it as Update Your Professional Presence Month...
Retaining top talent is more challenging than ever since the Great Resignation started. From rage quitting to being recruited away in a competitive market, professionals have a broad set of reasons for taking their careers elsewhere. More organizations are putting a hold on returning to...
As the great resignation continues, more American workers are prioritizing their mental health over how things look on their resumes and rage quitting. Rage quitting is an unfortunate hallmark of toxic workplaces when an employee quits on the spot. Employers are already struggling with retention...
Job searching is probably one of the most stressful experiences we go through in our personal or professional lives. It’s an emotional rollercoaster mixed in with the ups and downs—the initial interviews, the canned rejections, and the eventual job offers—are succinct and often painstakingly cryptic...
2020 brought a sea change to business as usual as the American workforce—and global enterprise—went fully remote. Remote work has become the new normal. There have been some perks for employers, too, saving on business maintenance, upkeep, and travel expenses. About 64% of employees currently...
You're probably on the job hunt or open to it if you're reading this blog. At the start and height of the pandemic, professionals were gun shy about making any big moves in a disruptive marketplace. A lot has changed. Today there are five million...
As we gradually move on from the first major global pandemic in modern history, American employers are on the edge of the next major disruption—the sansdemic. That’s the lack of available talent that is alarmingly projected to become a growing scarcity over our lifetimes—and the...
We are almost two years into a global pandemic that has changed the way we work and reshaped the workforce. The job market is trending strongly in your favor. That's because there are currently one and a half jobs posted for every unemployed American and...
For the first time in decades, there are 1.5 jobs open for every unemployed American. Any other time in modern workplace history, all employers had to do was post a position or put a Help Wanted sign in the window and wait comfortably as the...
Fact, there are 1.5 jobs posted and available for every unemployed American—that’s the most on record in decades. The “Great Resignation” is a mind-bending new normal for employers struggling to hire and keep great talent. But there’s some good news. This window gives professionals an...
We started hearing about the Great Resignation back in 2019, but according to Ryan Roslansky, CEO at LinkedIn, the workforce is actually undergoing a “Great Reshuffle.” As Roslansky explains it, the pandemic sparked a change in how we work and what we value. On the...
It’s been almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started a rapid shift in how we live and work. A connected, remote workforce is now the new normal at most businesses, and there is no sign of going backward. The last 18 months have challenged...
If you’re reading this blog, you probably aren’t a stranger to all the obstacles to recruiting and retaining long-term hires in today’s talent market. With more Fortune 500 companies going fully remote and considering candidates in new geographies since the mass cubicle exodus started last...
The Great Resignation is upon us, and according to a recent NBC survey, upwards of 55% of the American workforce has their sights set on a new position in the coming year. It’s been a Black Mirror episode of eighteen months. Many of us have...
When it comes to bringing on new talent, it’s critical to remember that while the goal of diversity and inclusion is key in building an accepting workplace where everyone can do their best work, using preferred employee and applicant pronouns is more than a common...
It’s O.K, we’ve all been there. You’re either out of work or you’re more than ready to land another job, and sometimes it’s easy to panic or maybe even get trigger-happy with that Apply Now button. It can be tempting to use your cookie-cutter resume...
There’s a reason more than 98% of Fortune 500 companies use application tracking systems (ATS) to filter out less qualified candidates before any pre-interview screening even starts. Virtually every time you apply for a job online your application goes through an ATS. And it does...
While job candidates and new hires ghosting employers has been a trend for years, another disturbing hiring trend is coming into sharper focus again. That’s because more candidates are expressing their frustration about recruiters and their companies going radio silent at all stages of the...
Summer is here along with higher temps and slower workdays. With pandemic travel restrictions gradually easing and fading away your colleagues' beachy or poolside vacation plans put on hold from last year are popping up all over Outlook. Out-of-office replies fill your inbox every morning,...
Last year the pandemic jolted the job market from a job seeker’s market into an employer’s market with the world economies crashing in freefall and layoffs and furloughs accelerating. Hundreds of thousands of businesses closed their doors with millions of workers losing their jobs—all too...
What does your workforce look like? When you think about the team members from your office or remote workplace, you’ve probably already become more aware of how many people of color and women are or are not being hired since you started. Twitter and LinkedIn...
Tired of hearing at interviews that you’re “overqualified” or you “might get bored in this role with your experience?” If this sounds familiar, it’s possible—conscious or not—you might be facing age discrimination in your job search. Job seekers in their fifties and over face ageism,...
It’s been over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the workplace and accelerated a swift paradigm shift to the remote workforce. And while we’re nowhere near getting back to normal—with new variants popping up regularly—and the United States still far from herd immunity, there’s...
Think back to the pre-COVID job economy—jobs and employment rates were surging past record levels while employer loyalty was hitting all-time lows in what was being aptly referred to as a “Job Seeker’s Talent Market”. Now with the vaccine rollout moving full speed ahead, and...
First, congratulations, if you’re reading this blog then you’ve probably just received a job offer or you’re expecting one very soon. That means the hunt is over. Now, let’s talk about salary negotiation for your fully-remote role. Because let’s face it—even when we aren’t mid-pandemic—many...
A great hire can make an impact, drive higher productivity rates while sparking deeper collaboration, and bonus, stronger team chemistry. Finding the right talent who checks all the daily-responsibility boxes, has the right experience, and fits your company culture like a glove can drive results...
'Tis the season for out-of-office messages, vacation blocks, and pauses in hiring decisions. So, I understand what you’re thinking: Evelyn, the holidays are here, my job search is on ice until January. And while the communications may come to a temporary halt, that’s no reason...
Yes, it’s another blog about the “new normal,” because let’s be clear, the remote connected workforce isn’t going anywhere. Major tech companies including Google and Twitter are promoting permanent Work from Home—and employers across the enterprise and SMB market are following in suit. And while...
Maybe you’ve been furloughed or laid off during the current COVID job climate—or maybe you’re just ready to take the next step in your career. Wherever you are in your professional life and whatever sparked your job search, you are navigating new hiring processes and...
So, you have an interview even during the current healthcare crisis—congratulations! You are turning heads with your skills, experience, and resume, during a pandemic no less. You’re almost ready for a face-to-face talk with a hiring manager that could be life and career-altering. Ready to...
Social distancing has changed the way most of us work. In just a few weeks, the remote workforce that took 15 years to triple to pre-COVID numbers is the new normal. What’s normal look like? Zoom is now a verb. Your mute game has reached...
I know, as if the job search wasn’t challenging enough… the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has thrown a lot of hires and career moves in limbo. Just weeks ago, we were in a talent-driven market, with more job postings online than available applicants. Now, there’s a...
Congratulations, because if you’re reading this blog then you probably just landed a higher-paying position and potentially, a promotion while receiving some positive affirmation on your value at work from your current employer. Sound familiar? Putting in your notice takes courage, and now that big step...
The perfect hire can bring teams together, drive results and fuel higher productivity rates all while empowering a new level of collaboration. But what about the wrong hire? Bad hires can hurt team morale, stall corporate initiatives, increase turnover and cost employers big money. How...