Talented employees are the leaders behind successful companies. To tap into your best employees and optimize their skill sets, employers need to strive for employee engagement consistently. When your top talent loses engagement or feels that their work is undervalued, they begin to seek out other opportunities. Here are three things you can do to […] Read Article “3 Ways to Reward and Engage Your Best Talent”
Sources: Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Report – April 2014, Regional and State Employment and Unemployment – April 2014 The national BLS “The Employment Situation — May 2014” report showed a surge in employment, adding 217,000 new jobs to the economy, the fourth straight month to show 200,000+ job gains. Economists are hopeful that this continual upswing will prove to […] Read Article “Metropolitan Employment Improving Across the Country”
Now that summer is almost at our door, students all across the country will be looking to gain some work experience by seeking out a summer job. Some students will take a summer job to fill the downtime, some do it out of necessity to pay for tuition, and others to put some money aside […] Read Article “5 Tips For Getting a Summer Job”
It is very popular in today’s society to talk about the younger generations’ negative personality traits. I, as a member of these younger generations, always assumed this was just an unfair but not unusual tendency of older generations to complain about “what the world is coming to.” However, this belief that younger people are lacking […] Read Article “Is It Time to Update Your Workforce Readiness Program?”
Source: BLS jobs report In May, the United States generated 217,000 new jobs, returning our employment rate back to pre-recession conditions. With this growth, the US has more jobs than it has seen in over four years – claiming 8.8 million new jobs since January 2008. The unemployment rate remained the same at 6.3 percent — this, […] Read Article “May BLS Jobs Report: Industry Breakdown”
In most marketing departments, cultural fit is defined as having a strong set of soft skills as well as values, beliefs and behavior that are in line with the organization’s culture. Skills can be taught or improved. Finding a candidate with the right personality and character traits, on the other hand, is often more difficult. […] Read Article “Cultural Fit In Marketing Departments”
Source: May 2014 BLS report The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its May 2014 unemployment report, which showed an overall gain of 217,000 jobs and the unemployment rate holding at 6.3% after last month’s drop of 0.4%. This data confirms a rebound of economic conditions from the winter slowdown. With these gains, employment has now […] Read Article “May BLS Report: 217,000 Jobs Added, Jobless Rate Unchanged”
One misconception about liberal arts degrees is that they don’t translate into jobs after college. On one hand, it’s true that a liberal arts degree means you won’t know the exact profession you’ll look for or accept after graduation. On the other hand, having a more broad skill set is a huge advantage in many […] Read Article “The Benefits of a Liberal Arts Degree”
In a recent survey conducted by Adecco, we polled workers from the millennial generation to gain insight into their employment goals, workplace viewpoints and career motivations. Millennials are those born between 1980 and 2000 and are quite the hot topic of conversation lately. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this group of workers is […] Read Article “Workforce Watch List: The Millennial Generation”
To coincide with Adecco’s global social media recruitment and job seeker surveys, we are publishing a two-part blog series. In part one, we discussed some best practices of using social media as part of a job search. Now in part two, we present some basics of utilizing social media for recruiting needs. If you are […] Read Article “Utilizing Social Media for Recruiting”