Alaant Advisor: Hiring Tech Talent, Upskilling Employees, U.S. Wage Growth Numbers and More!

The demand for tech jobs in non-tech industries is rising, a report from Indeed found. Tech-focused companies are still hiring plenty of tech workers, the data showed, but an increasing share of jobs at high-tech companies are going to workers in marketing, sales and other areas…

CareerBuilder's survey uncovers how companies can attract and retain top talent as the competition for candidates heats up. The survey shows employees are split on how they feel about their current job: 50% feel like they have a career while the remaining 50% feel like they have just a job, and 32% of employees plan to change jobs this year…

Job opportunities come in all shapes and sizes and just because they may not look like a traditional way to gain valuable job experience it doesn’t mean you should discredit what you might gain from them. If you’re scrolling through open positions and see mostly temporary or contract roles, our advice is to be intrigued and consider it…

Some companies are taking the lead in getting their workers ready for the future of work. But as this professor argues, higher education needs to take the lead. Amazon’s announcement that it will invest US$700 million to retrain 100,000 employees—a third of its U.S. workforce—in new technologies is the latest reminder that the much-heralded future of work is well underway.

Firms are retaining skilled workers which is reflected in the strong wage growth for job holders. Wages for U.S. workers grew 4.0 percent over the last year, increasing the average wage level by $1.09 to $28.54 an hour, according to the ADP Research Institute® Workforce Vitality Report (WVR) released today. The growth, accelerating from 3.8 percent to 4.0 percent annual as of June 2019, was driven by strong wage gains for workers…