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How recruiters can navigate a split labor market in 2025

HR Brew

Meanwhile, the average age of blue-collar workers has skewed older in recent years, so as Baby Boomers retire, there will be more roles than talent available to fill them, she said. Society values higher education, but fewer job openings require a bachelors degree.

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What’s Keeping HR Up at Night in 2020?

HRExecutive

million in January 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to Glassdoor’s Jobs & Hiring Trends for 2020 report, baby boomers—those 65 or older—will become the fastest-growing workforce, a trend the report calls the “gray wave.” The number of job openings in the U.S. fell from 7.6 million in January 2019 to 6.8

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Healthcare Recruitment 2020: The Good, the Bad and the Future

Hospital Recruiting

To say 2020 was a difficult year is an understatement. While healthcare attrition has statistically been higher than national averages (about 15% pre-pandemic), 2020 saw nurse turnover vary from 8.8% Lack of available talent is another challenge that was amplified in 2020. pexels.com/Anna Shvets. Lack of talent. Into the future.

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Why employers are leaning into benefits to stand out in the job market

HR Brew

Some 59% of US job postings advertised at least one employer-provided benefit as of May, according to the analysis, up from less than 40% in early 2020. The most common benefits mentioned in Indeed job postings as of May were medical and insurance (45%), followed by retirement (37%), and paid time-off (34%).

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Spring HR Tech Number of the Day: Hiring apps ‘retired’ by Cisco

HRExecutive

7: The number of recruiting, hiring and onboarding applications that Cisco retired after consolidating its talent solutions. And its legacy ATS platform was limited in scope and quickly becoming obsolete and unreliable. Register here.

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Employee Benefits: Traditional & Creative Trends

Affinity HR Group

Traditional benefits like health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off serve as hygiene factors or factors that help prevent employee dissatisfaction. Retirement Plans Retirement plans are paramount for the long-term financial security of employees. This change will go into effect January 2025.

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How the pandemic accelerated already existing labour market trends

Rise

Whether you call it the Great Resignation, the Great Reckoning, or even the Great Retirement, there has been a massive shift in labour market trends over the course of the last two years. In 2020, the number of people quitting slowed due to the pandemic and the resulting financial insecurity.

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