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Raising the (Minimum Wage) Bar

JazzHR

Following raises in 2007 and 2008, the federal minimum wage hasn’t budged since 2009, when the government set the wage at $7.25 Employers that raise their wages before it’s legally mandated to do so can benefit from higher employee satisfaction and retention rates.

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Productive uses of your holiday downtime

Social Talent

Studies have shown that micro-learning leads to increased learning retention and higher adoption rates when it comes to new behaviour and techniques. Podcasts have continuously grown in popularity since 2008. When content is broken down this way people can digest information and have time to practice their new learnings.

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The Effects of Decreasing College Enrollments on the Labor Market

Acara Solutions

The 2008 recession caused a significant decline in the birth rate. Focus on retention: As qualified candidate attraction becomes even more of an issue with declining college enrollments, talent retention comes front and center.

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How to Hire and Retain Top Tech Talent

JazzHR

According to the Wall Street Journal , the technology skills gap is the highest it has been since the 2008 recession and technology recruiting challenges continue to hamper IT modernization efforts. The best engineers want to learn about customer problems so that they can get feedback to iterate toward new and innovative solutions.

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Intern Recruiting 101: Building a Successful Internship Program

ConveyIQ

That’s a 24% increase from 2008. What’s more, since employees who begin as interns often have a higher retention rate , internship programs can be a great way for employers to grow new talent. In fact, according to Time , more than 62% of 2017 graduates reported doing an internship during their time in college.

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JOLTS and jobs: Our talent experts discuss the latest labor reports

Eightfold

percent, the highest it’s been since 2008, “ a significant milestone for the Black community and the U.S. Eightfold data shows that increasing the share of Black or Hispanic employees by 10 percent can increase an organization’s employee retention rate by 4.4 The Black labor force rose to 64.1 economy as a whole,” Khan said.

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The Surprising Reason the Majority of Employees Are Ready to Quit Their Jobs

Recruiting Daily Advisor

According to Gallup’s State of the American Workplace report , higher employee engagement translates to 24% greater worker retention, 21% higher profitability, and 17% more productivity. The cost of doing nothing—in terms of both employee retention and productivity—has never been higher. Russ Fradin is the CEO of Dynamic Signal.