Data & Trends

What is Your Company Doing to Change Job Seeker Perception?

How often does your company do an internal audit of how you are corresponding with job seekers? The answer to this question, for most companies, is not very often—and it could be one of the main reasons your company is having difficulty attracting top-tier talent for your organization. A recent study released by research firm “Future Workplace” echoed this sentiment, as many job seekers reported having...

Adapt or Die: Recruiting is Changing

Adapt or die. Words that couldn’t ring any more true when it comes to recruiting. The recruiting landscape has changed profoundly over the last five years. Low unemployment, an aging workforce, and the exponential growth of new digital technologies are just a few of the driving forces in this HR revolution. Don’t let this change bury your hiring practices. Adapt and be aware of these 4...

How to Win the Fight for Talent

An interesting trend has happened over the last 9 months. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), over the past 9 months the number of job openings nationally has outnumbered the number of those who are hired. This past July there were 5.8 million job openings (an increase of 430,000 from June) but only 5 million people were hired...

March Jobs Report Reflects 192,000 New Posts Added

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 192,000 jobs were added in March and that unemployment remained unchanged at 6.7%. The industries that saw the biggest gains were led by Business Services, with the addition 57,000 additional posts. The Health Care and Construction fields each added 19,000. Those numbers are reflected on the NexGoal job board, where we’ve been working with our corporate clients to...

Manufacturing, Construction Up To End 2013

A pair of reports released to start January have indicated steady growth in both the manufacturing and construction industries. According to the December 2013 Institute for Supply Management’s Report on Business, economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in December for the seventh consecutive month.  The monthly survey of purchasing and supply executives also indicated an increase in the New Orders Index to 64.2% (its highest since...