by Kim Wallace, Executive Vice President, Hire Dynamics Ninth Annual Next Gen Manufacturing Event Facts With the unemployment rate at a fifty-year low of 3.7% and only .8 Americans available to fill the 7.2 million jobs open at the end of July, the U.S. is truly in a tight labor market. And the candidate […]
By Sonya Buckley, Chief People Officer at Hire Dynamics Angela Raub, CEO and President of Leadercast, has always known the importance of working hard. She grew up on a dairy farm in the Midwest, where work began at 4 a.m. At age 13, she worked at a local Dairy Queen, where she once infamously drove […]
By Andi Haynes, Senior Director of On-Sites At Hire Dynamics, we strive to positively impact our clients’ business and improve the lives of the talent we place. We work closely with clients to understand their operating reality and develop the best strategies to meet their needs. Meanwhile, we listen closely to find the best fit […]
By Andi Haynes, Senior Director of On-Sites Take a drive through your town and count the ‘Help Wanted’ notices you see on signs and storefronts in just two miles – 10? 20? More? I bet you will be amazed at how many you spot, as businesses everywhere are looking for people to fill their open […]
By Stephen Koch, Director of Field Recruiting It’s third quarter and time to focus on seasonal hiring. Planning for the season is especially important in today’s tight labor market as talent can easily move to another job or company. There are more open jobs than there are people looking for employment, a trend that has […]
By Andi Haynes, Senior Director of On-Sites The month of August brings many changes. Children head back to school, leaves begin to change color, and football season begins! In business, it’s the ramp-up for the last quarter of the year. For growth companies, Q4 often brings a push to meet sales goals, fulfill more orders […]
By Gary Garofano, Risk and Safety Manager, Hire Dynamics Each year, workers in the United States are involved in almost 100,000 forklift-related accidents. With an estimated 855,900 forklifts in the country, that translates to approximately one injury reported for every nine forklifts in operation. The most common incidents are collisions, falls, tip-overs and struck-by situations. […]
By Sonya Buckley, Chief People Officer I first learned about the inverse relationship between supply and demand in my high school Economics class: when something is in short supply, demand for it increases. That concept fascinated me then and still does. Today’s job market is all about supply and demand; there are more jobs open […]
By Stephen Koch, Director of Field Recruiting Third quarter means one thing to most businesses – busy season is right around the corner. For over a year, organizations have been challenged with historically low unemployment resulting in fewer available candidates and increased wage pressures. And this is not a local issue. The matter has hit […]
By Kim Wallace, Executive Vice President at Hire Dynamics With the battle to recruit and retain top talent raging across the U.S., few industries feel the fallout more than contact centers. In 2018, the Quality Assurance & Training Connection anticipated an annual turnover rate as high as 45 percent across American call centers – more […]
