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How to Manage Gen Z Employees on the Frontline
Gen Z now makes up 41% of the U.S. shift workforce, overtaking Millennials in Deputy’s analysis of more than 41…
10 Practical Tips for Managing Millennials in the Workforce
Millennials are roughly 30 to 45 years old in 2026, and the label now covers store managers, warehouse leads, working…
Internal Mobility for Hourly Workers: How to Build Promote-From-Within Paths
More than 70% of frontline employees have applied for a promotion or new role, according to McKinsey, and fewer than…
Stay Interviews: How to Catch Frontline Attrition Before It Happens
43% of frontline new hires are gone within 90 days, and replacing each one costs about $7,000, according to the…
Exempt vs. Non-Exempt Employees: Keeping Classification Consistent From Requisition to Payroll
Exempt and non-exempt status is a pay-and-duties classification decision that legal counsel makes and periodically revisits, not a one-time label…
What Is Ban the Box? A Fair Chance Hiring Guide for High-Volume Employers
Ban-the-box takes its name from the criminal-history checkbox that used to sit on nearly every job application; the laws remove…
The Biggest Mistakes IT Leaders Make When Planning an HR Digital Transformation
HR, a human-focused industry by definition, is increasingly finding itself spearheading digital transformation within their organizations. Whether it is using…
How Can HR & Staffing Teams Cope With CA AB5?
As we discussed in a previous post, CA AB5 is having a drastic impact on the gig economy in California.…
AB5: The Implications, Impact and Exceptions
The definition of “independent contractor” has been a bone of contention as the so-called “gig economy” has taken shape. One…
7 Festive Subject Lines to Replace Traditional, Boring Outreach
The holidays are a wonderful time to reflect on the growth you’ve made throughout and identify areas of improvement. When…
5 Tenets of Successful High-Volume Recruiting
High-volume recruitment presents a completely different set of challenges from those found in traditional corporate recruiting. While the roles traditionally…
A Few Considerations When You Are In a Hiring Freeze
At one time or another in your recruiting career, you’ve probably experienced a hiring freeze. There are a variety of…
High-volume Hiring: 5 Ways to Add Diversity Into Your Search Process
In a recent webinar on how to eliminate bias in your hiring process, diversity and inclusion expert Joelle Allen talks…
Part 3 of 3: Application & Hiring Trends in the Service Sector
This is part three of a three-part series detailing the 2020 application and hiring trends for companies in the service…
Beyond Automation: Digital Transformation with Multi-Cloud and SSO
Digital transformation goes beyond automation and beyond one department. It’s a company-wide initiative. In the past few years we’ve seen…
Talent Pools vs Talent Pipelines (And Why You Need Both)
You have likely heard these terms, talent pool and talent pipeline, used often and sometimes even interchangeably. But are they…
3 Ways to Prevent Candidate Ghosting
Why does it feel like the best candidates are always the ones that leave you hanging? It’s missing out on the…
New Enhancements to the Fountain Platform
Fountain’s newest software release delivers new features and platform enhancements to help the world get back to work. In the…