The consumer price index rose 8.5% in March from a year ago, marking the fastest 12-month inflation rate since 1981. Americans’ grocery bills have increased drastically since last year—14.8 percent for meat, 13.3 percent for milk, and 11.2 percent for eggs and coffee. On top of that, gasoline prices are 48 percent higher than last…
In our world of ever-increasing connectivity, the potential consequences of a cyberattack have never been greater than they are today. And with parts of the world experiencing major volatility, cybersecurity threats are indeed on the rise. In fact, the White House recently issued new, urgent guidance, calling on businesses to take these cyberthreats seriously and…
In today’s candidate-driven talent market—where employers are competing for top engineering talent—it’s more important than ever to differentiate your organization to attract quality candidates. In this blog, we explore the top three roles leaders plan to hire in 2022 and how to recruit top engineering talent. Top 3 Engineering Roles Industrial/manufacturing engineers Industrial engineers look…
The biopharmaceutical and life sciences industries have always served an important role in our society and day-to-day lives. Their research, development, and manufacturing have provided people around the globe with innovative medications and treatments to improve health outcomes, protect against dangerous diseases, and extend life expectancies like never before. Over the last two years, our…
When you think about the value a managed service program, or MSP, can offer your organization, your mind might first go to your workforce or HR department. Traditionally, many businesses have used MSPs to handle recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and other talent management functions. These partnerships free up significant time and resources for internal HR and…
An MSP effectively manages an organization’s entire contingent or temp labor processes from the beginning (facilitating a requisition, coordinating interview efforts, and overseeing the hiring and onboarding of the resource) to end (sending invoices, processing payments, and examining program trends through data and analytics). Let’s dive right in to some of these misconceptions. Misconception #1:…
The way organizations hire, develop workers, and structure work is rapidly changing and the future of work lies in skills—not jobs. There’s been an ongoing shift towards a skills-based approach to hiring and talent development through which job candidates and current employees are evaluated based on their skill set and potential capabilities instead of their…
The U.S. has experienced seven months of people quitting their jobs at near-record highs and companies struggling to find workers to fill open positions. Contributing to employer and recruiter woes is the fact that background checks are causing a bottleneck in the workforce supply chain. The pandemic created a background screening backlog, with courts constantly…
Broadleaf recently hosted a webinar featuring Emsi Burning Glass’ Senior Labor Economist and Director of Staffing Products and Data—Ron Hetrick. The author of the report titled The Demographic Drought, Hetrick discussed the current labor crisis, where we’re headed in the future, and the new paradigm organizations must adopt to successfully attract and retain talent. The…
Going where no recruiter has gone before Even the most experienced recruiters can find it challenging to find the right people to fill entirely new roles in new locations. As an example, take a seasoned recruiter in a manufacturing environment—she is used to hiring line engineers and shift production workers—but now she’s being asked to…
