Vervoe

JULY 20, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an incredible impact on labor markets right across the world — particularly in the retail industry. In the US alone, there were 878,000 job openings in retail in March 2021, a 53% increase from the same period the year prior , according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. What is skills-based hiring?

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Retail Hiring Job Descriptions Assessment 98

Hoops

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

The prevailing attitude when discussing retention is to simply accept turnover as a fact of life. In actuality, there are specific and actionable that can be done to improve employee retention rates. Lack of effective employee retention strategies leads to millions of dollars in lost productivity and inefficiency.

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Rally Recruitment Marketing

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The negative outcomes can result in a loss of up to millions of dollars a year for business to consumer (B2C) companies in industries like hospitality, travel, retail or telecommunications. If you’re not paying attention to the experience that these 90% of candidates have, there can be serious consequences to your bottom line.

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Slayton Search Partners

MAY 30, 2023

The retail industry has become predictably unpredictable. From the retail sales plunge in early 2020 to the chronic supply chain disruptions of the following two years, retailers have faced significant market volatility since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The importance of staying agile must be reiterated.

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Retail Retention Strategy Fashion 52

SmartRecruiters

OCTOBER 7, 2014

This is particularly true in the retail scene , but it holds up in just about every industry. Being a good guy boss puts quite a lot of pressure on your employees to match the intensity of your smile and optimism, when the truth is that contentment is not a one-size-fits-all proposition. Your customers may not respect you.

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Homebase

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Holding onto great employees is challenging in the retail industry. But even those who want careers in retail can lose interest after years of low pay, repetitive work, and intense fluctuations in workload. No wonder the retail industry experiences 60% turnover annually.[ This makes them more likely to quit than other staff.

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Survale

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Sectors with high turnover rates, such as retail, hospitality, and customer service, are seeing a flood of applications. Invest in Employee Retention Strategies Competitive salaries, strong workplace culture, and career development paths can help reduce turnover and improve long-term hiring success.

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Hacker Earth

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Objectively, talent assessments give organizations a better chance at predicting candidates’ success and retention potential. This leads to more diverse and inclusive teams, which are also found to have higher retention rates. This has a direct bearing on Retention and organizational performance.

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Assessment Retail Retention Culture 62

Employment Metrix

AUGUST 22, 2018

a store manager at a popular body care and home fragrances retailer at a mall outside Philadelphia, PA. MB: Our company just started requiring that all candidates fill out an application online, which is great for seasonal hiring, because we ask screening questions like, “Have you ever worked in a goal-driven retail environment?”

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Retail Hiring Sourcing Screening 77

ExactHire Recruiting

JANUARY 15, 2018

Currently, local-level ordinances cover “formula retail workers”, a group viewed to be especially vulnerable to sudden changes in work schedules. Here are a few scenarios that predictive scheduling ordinances try to prevent: Susan Nightclass Susan works at a formula retail establishment–it’s a fast food franchise.

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Social Talent

JUNE 18, 2020

It affects the motivation and retention of your current staff, your attrition rates, your public reputation and ultimately, your bottom line. Industries which previously might not have attracted top talent, like retail and grocery, were reframed as essential in 2020. It’s important to get right!

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Slayton Search Partners

AUGUST 26, 2019

To achieve the greatest ROI from digital marketing and stay ahead of the competition, retailers and their executive teams need to understand the trends and interpret their marketing data in a way that simultaneously improves revenue generation and customer loyalty. retail purchases made online. retail purchases made online.

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Achievers - Recruiting

JUNE 10, 2020

Grocery stores make up a large sector of the retail industry and there are more than 38,000 supermarkets in the U.S. How are major grocery retailers engaging their hundreds to thousands of employees on a daily basis? Healthier retention. 5x more likely to see increased employee engagement. Higher customer satisfaction.

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Retail Retention Mobile Data 108

Survale

MARCH 5, 2019

Survale retail clients can now offer free or discount goods or services to incent feedback, boost employer brand and generate revenue from hiring. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – March 12, 2019 – Leading Workforce Feedback and Analytics Platform, Survale, announces the launch of SurvaleRewards. For more information visit survale.com.

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Employer Branding Retail Onboarding Candidate Experience 127

Linkedin Talent Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Retail companies are pitching upskilling and internal mobility opportunities like never before as they strive to remain competitive, improve employee retention, and advance equity at their organizations. Filling the skills gap Large retailers are investing significant money in upskilling workers. In the U.K.,

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Retail Mobile Nonprofit Conference 48

Recruiting Blogs

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Their Salesforce Administrator optimized the CRM for fundraising campaigns and donor segmentation, leading to a 50% improvement in donor retention rates and enabling the organization to secure funding for key projects. Another success story comes from a non-profit organization that relied on manual data entry for donor management.

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Survale

JUNE 2, 2022

But you can be fast AND reckless so, like many KPIs, you need other data to provide context for time-to-fill, like offer acceptance rate, quality of hire, year one retention, etc. Survale further pinpointed that the problem existed mostly with hourly workers within a particular job family within retail locations.

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Achievers - Recruiting

JANUARY 21, 2021

And meeting this desire can have a huge effect on key contributors to your bottom line, like employee engagement and retention. And recognition is among the most effective non-financial factors employee retention. Coborn’s, a retail and grocery chain that employs 9,200 people across the U.S. Keep recognition specific.

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Benefits Retention Culture Retail 140

Slayton Search Partners

MARCH 26, 2025

As Cassandra McKinney , EVP and Executive Director of Retail Banking at Comerica, states, “Women in banking today often navigate a complex landscape, balancing career advancement with personal and family responsibilities while advocating for gender equality and inclusion in the industry.

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Indeed

MARCH 5, 2019

Ultimately, this can result in stronger employee retention, as people who enjoy their jobs tend to be more loyal and stay longer at a company. Retail giant Costco leads the rankings for compensation satisfaction. In fact, our final rankings include companies from a variety of industries, with retail giant Costco at the top of list.

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Eightfold

JUNE 3, 2019

The retail sector is one of the largest employment sectors in the US. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , retailers employ more than 15 million people nationwide, or more than 10 percent of all employed workers. Technology has had a profound effect on retail, notes Steve Blyth , founder and CEO of Engage Works.

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CareerArc

AUGUST 19, 2022

For example, holiday hiring in the retail industry dropped 7% this last year due to difficulties in finding retail staff. For example, many retail and warehouse workers are concerned about safety— especially now. For retail and warehouse workers, that means focusing on safety, managerial support, and flexible hours for retail.

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Vervoe

MARCH 6, 2025

Remote work options and flexible schedules have proven to significantly boost employee retention by allowing better work-life balance. Overall, the strong preference for flexible work arrangements among both candidates and current employees demonstrates why adaptable hiring practices have become crucial for talent retention.

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Trends Employer Branding Diversity Assessment 62

SmartRecruiters

AUGUST 7, 2017

You’ll get plenty of data-driven insights on these sources, plus actual examples of how one successful retailer uses these channels to keep their talent pipeline filled with excellent candidates. Robin Erickson, Vice President, Talent Acquisition, Engagement, & Retention at Bersin by Deloitte will present some of these findings.

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Sourcing Talent Acquisition Retail Trends 94

Social Talent

JULY 8, 2018

SocialTalent ‘s Too Long; Didn’t Read (TL;DR) is here to get you up to speed with everything you might have missed this week, including news from Randstad, Adzuna & Vodafone… How does Randstad improve retention? Specialist recruitment firm Randstad is improving retention through staff discounts, benefits and recognition tools.

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Retail Retention Trends Groups 87

SmartRecruiters

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The pitch is that allowing infants in the office boosts employee retention and satisfaction while sidestepping the expense and liability of onsite daycare. The group also received reports of increased revenue in retail stores where babies were present. It has been a very, very positive program for our workplace.”.

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Indeed

JUNE 26, 2018

If firms can’t provide staff with ways to grow, then this can have a negative impact on job satisfaction and talent retention. Retail stores claimed most of the top five spots, but it was California-based food chain In-N-Out Burger that landed in first place. You will not find a more secure job in retail,” one employee says.

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Airlines Retail Training Education 40

Traitify

OCTOBER 18, 2017

On the heels of Amazon’s recent acquisition of Whole Foods comes the realization that this sudden blend of online and brick-and-mortar retailers has the potential to change the retail game forever. So what does a high turnover rate mean for retailers? Astronomical costs. Make sure you understand the hourly employee.

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Retail Personality Assessment Retention Assessment 58

Contract Recruiter

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Experts agree that for micro-learning to be most effective, it must super relevant, providing absolutely up-to-date information; must have a social aspect with discussion and role-playing; and be presented in unexpected ways and interleaved with different types of information for better retention. Let ‘em Play Games. .

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Retention Training Government Retail 40

SmartRecruiters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Here are some key takeaways I found quite revealing, Sponsored by SmartRecruiters and Bersin by Deloitte, this webinar featured two well-known recruiting and talent acquisition leaders: Robin Erickson , Vice President, Talent Acquisition, Engagement, & Retention at Bersin by Deloitte.

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Sourcing Talent Acquisition Social Media Retail 111

Jobvite

JULY 31, 2020

Key Audiences – Th is audience is made-up of critical, high-volume, and location-based roles your company vitally needs i ncluding RNs, pharmacy techs, retail staff, etc. . Retention . When it comes to targeted audiences, there are three types of audiences your organization needs to succeed: . Application Rate . Time-to-Hire

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Glassdoor for Employers

AUGUST 18, 2015

Background: Employee engagement in the retail industry has long been an uphill battle, but Starbucks has been a trailblazer in the field, pioneering generous health benefits, tuition support, and long-term career development programs. But are these efforts paying off? stars out of 5–compared to 2.8 for Dunkin Donuts and 3.2

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Retail ATS Retention Employer Branding 60

Social Talent

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Of course, you can’t talk about placement count without mentioning employee retention. First off, ensure that all your team has put the correct data into your ATS or CRM. ’ At the end of the day, that’s exactly what you want as a recruiter. To be sending quality hires over to your client that ultimately get the role.

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Achievers - Recruiting

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Gathering and acting on employee feedback is crucial if you want to improve engagement, which drives greater business outcomes related to the employee experience , such as productivity and retention. This was even higher for retail where two-thirds (67 percent) agreed they should be surveyed more frequently.

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Survey Benefits Culture Retail 119

Acara Solutions

MAY 24, 2022

Seasonal hiring: Examples of seasonal hiring can be found in retail —where organizations ramp up their hiring ahead of the holiday season—and in the financial services industry during tax season. What creates the need for high-volume hiring?

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Retail Screening Talent Acquisition Study 95

Lusha

JULY 11, 2024

Are they in technology, healthcare, finance, retail, or other sectors? Goals: Improve customer satisfaction, increase retention, and optimize operational efficiency. Are they CEOs, managers, individual contributors, or something else? Firmographics Industry: Which industries do your ideal customers operate in?

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