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Providing competitive compensation is more important than ever in 2023. Rising inflation and changing employee expectations are among the top reasons why. According to the 2022 National Salary Budget Survey by Survey.com, approximately 50% of US employers plan higher year-over-year budget increases for 2023 as compared to 2022. The typical 3% raise will be replaced… Read more »
When it comes to the important task of hiring for your company, you need to adopt some best practices for improving candidate experience. Candidate experience is the way the people who apply to work at your company view the hiring process. This begins from the first time they come across your company either on a… Read more »
Your company workforce plan involves how you plan and manage your employees. This includes analyzing your available human resources and forecasting your needs for employee working hours and tasks. Having the necessary information helps maximize your employees’ abilities and fill gaps in skills or working hours. This helps reach company goals. Your company workforce plan… Read more »
Your company brand is your reputation among the workforce. This helps your organization stand out from all others. How your business is marketed impacts your company branding. This affects how others perceive your organization. Your company branding must be reinforced by your employees. This increases the effectiveness of your branding efforts. The majority of job… Read more »
As The Great Resignation continues, you likely will have hiring challenges throughout 2023. Handling inflation will further impact your hiring, onboarding, and training costs. The longer your jobs remain open, the more productivity you lose. Asking your employees to take on additional tasks decreases engagement and performance. Having your employees take on job duties, and… Read more »
Staffing costs are among the expenses your company needs to manage in 2023. This is especially important due to inflation and the ongoing recession. One of the most effective ways to reduce your staffing costs is by partnering with a staffing firm. This can eliminate your initial hiring costs and reduce your turnover costs. These… Read more »
The Great Resignation is expected to continue throughout 2023. As a result, retaining employees will be more important than ever. According to the iCIMS 2023 Workforce Report, 33% of workers will look for new jobs before the year ends. This is especially impactful for small and medium businesses. Losing an employee in a smaller workforce… Read more »
As we begin a new year, Morris Bixby would like to share some trends we are seeing in this candidate driven market and how we can help you find the candidates you need to succeed. Over the past three years the hiring market has shifted. In 2020 when Covid hit, agriculture hiring reduced substantially and… Read more »
Checking candidate references is an important part of the hiring process. Verifying the information your top candidate provided ensures its accuracy. This helps prevent unpleasant surprises from coming up after the candidate accepts your job offer. Talking with the candidate’s previous supervisors, managers, colleagues, and coworkers provides a clearer idea of what working with the… Read more »
Your team’s time to hire is the amount of time that passes between a candidate applying for a position and accepting a job offer. This is one metric used to determine your team’s hiring success. The faster your time to hire, the better the candidate experience. This positively impacts your employer brand. As a result,… Read more »