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The Great Retention?

One of the great challenges in the pandemic and post-pandemic business landscape has been the so-called Great Resignation, the ballooning trend that saw millions of Americans leave their current jobs in search of something else. Some retired altogether, some pursued new jobs, and some even caught the entrepreneurship bug and…
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The Antidote for Inflation

Whether the United States is now in a recession has been the subject of much political posturing and debate. Regardless of how any of us feels about labels or technical definitions, the U.S. economy has shrunk two consecutive quarters amid soaring inflation and higher interest rates. A silver lining is…
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Understanding the Labor Pool

Writing for Forbes, Emmy Lucas posted an article this week titled, “Five Types of Talent Behind the Great Resignation,” in which she details some of the personality types of people who’ve left their jobs in recent years. While many market watchers have attributed the Great Resignation to factors like early…
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Use Your Reputation to Recruit

The numbers for the Great Resignation continue to shock everyone. As cited by The Motley Fool, “Since the start of the pandemic, 20% of workers have changed careers,” and a further “46% of employees are considering a career change.” We’ve seen especially high turnover months during this time, including August…
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Employee Fulfillment

In last week’s blog, we discussed the rising tide of employee turnover straining an already delicate economy. One key Gallup quote that should haunt all of us is, “Fifty-two percent of voluntarily exiting employees said their manager or organization could have done something to prevent them from leaving their job.”…
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The Tide of Employee Turnover

While The Great Resignation has thrust the problem of employee-turnover into the spotlight recently, it turns out that it’s not actually a new challenge. It’s been a long, long time since the norm was individuals working the breadth of their careers for one company and retiring with a pension. In…
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Cutting Costs

One of the great challenges many small businesses are facing right now is figuring out how to survive amid economic inflation, supply chain disruptions, and the labor shortage. Belts are getting tight, and it’s getting much harder to find a way to keep the doors open. One such consequence of…
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