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A talent acquisition partnership can offset compression in your HR/Recruiting team and take over all of the tasks that take hiring managers and executives away from their primary roles. You’d be hard pressed to find a hiring manager that would like to take hours out of their day to source for candidates or write effective job descriptions. It’s not easy to do, especially in today’s tight labor market...

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Just as single-income families began to vanish in the last century, many of America’s elderly are now forgoing retirement for the same reason: They don’t have enough money. Rickety social safety nets, inadequate retirement savings plans and sky-high health-care costs are all conspiring to make the concept of leaving the workforce something to be more feared than desired…

This reader wants to exit gracefully but is concerned about her employer’s reaction: I’m worried about telling the team. They will ask me where I’m going. I don’t want to say where I’m going – do I have to? They will want to know if I’m going to a competitor. If so, I think they’ll ask me to leave on the spot. – J." Leaving a job is just as important as starting a job. It’s a transition time and people are watching what you do…

Employers today are finding that some roles remain stubbornly hard to fill or difficult to keep filled. Sometimes it’s a lack of applicants. Sometimes the applicants aren’t qualified. Sometimes the applicant makes it through the process, only to turn down the offer or ghost the employer. Such frustrations are commonplace, and they’re driving up the cost and time to hire. Here are a few of the common reasons’ vacancies remain unfilled, along with some tips to combat these problems...

Phone interviews can be incredibly intimidating. You are robbed of the ability to read your interviewer’s body language and facial expressions, so figuring out how to navigate them without losing your cool can be tough. But the challenges don’t stop there. Just because you’ve finished an interview doesn’t mean that you’re home-free. After a phone interview — or any kind of job interview, for that matter — it’s in your best interest to send a follow-up email or thank you note. Though it’s not mandatory, sending...

In recent years, technological leaps have continued to threaten a whole host of jobs, leading to major declines in countless industries from factory assembly lines to door-to-door sales. Even though the U.S. workforce is set to expand by 7.4% up to 2026, a long list of jobs are set to see their staff levels contract. The Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks both current and projected employment levels in 818 occupations with around 17% set to lose a considerable share of their workers by 2026...