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How the frontline actually hires.
Indeed’s 2026 Organic Visibility Change: What It Means for Frontline Hiring
Indeed’s organic visibility change became effective March 31, 2026, and frontline employers are now hiring under it. Jobs sent to…
What Is Candidate Sourcing? A Frontline Hiring Guide
Frontline hiring gets decided in hours. Application to offer averages 27.5 days, per Fountain’s Redefining Frontline Operations white paper. A…
Responsible AI in Hiring: What It Requires and How to Verify It
Frontline workers are not anti-AI, but they want to know when it is used and who makes the final call;…
A Sample Onboarding Plan for High-Volume, Frontline Hiring
43% of frontline new hires leave within 90 days, and replacing one runs about $7,000 once recruiting, onboarding, and lost…
What Causes Employee Turnover? A Frontline Hiring Breakdown
Replacing a frontline worker costs about $7,000 on average, per Fountain’s Frontline Report 2025, or roughly 40% of their annual…
What Is Outsourcing and Why Do Companies Do It?
The global business process outsourcing market reached an estimated $328.4 billion in 2025 and is projected to approach $695.8 billion…
Supporting LGBTQIA+ workers in the workplace
Insight, advice, and tips on creating a supportive workplace In the ever-evolving workplace, four powerful words hold the key to…
Fountain & Clevy: Conversational AI Together
Fountain adopts talented new team members and conversational AI technology to supercharge high volume hiring efforts A company is only…
Fountain takes the lead in retail recruitment at HR Retail
What happens when you gather hundreds of the retail industry’s recruiting leaders in Seattle for two days and add a…
Fountain announces ISO 27001 Certification
Fountain is excited to announce that we have achieved ISO 27001 certification, one of the most globally recognized information security…
The state of hourly hiring in Germany: An interview with Christa Stienen
We had the pleasure of speaking with Christa Stienen, former CHRO of DB Schenker Germany/Switzerland and Hellmann and current Fountain…
The future is bright: An open letter in honor of Women’s History Month
Dear Friends, Colleagues and Allies, In March we celebrate both Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, a time…
How to build the best recruitment funnel for hourly hiring
18 strategies for building, managing, and optimizing an effective recruitment funnel Recruitment is a crucial aspect of any business, especially…
How to choose the best ATS for hiring hourly workers (that’s beneficial for both recruiters and candidates)
Not all recruitment and applicant tracking systems are created equal Hiring hourly workers is an important task for any organization,…
4 ways to adapt your talent acquisition suite for hourly hiring
How evolving your recruitment and hiring technology stack can help you meet your business objectives Hourly hiring is an essential…
How to optimize your hourly hiring strategies
Hiring hourly workers differently from corporate workers will yield better business results. Hiring hourly workers can be a challenging task…
Engage applicants globally with Fountain’s WhatsApp integration
Drive better conversations and boost conversion on the world’s largest messaging platform With over 214 million people unemployed across the…
Fountain enhances the applicant experience with ‘really human hiring’
It’s a fact: Hiring today is hard, especially when it comes to hourly workers. But here at Fountain, we’ve been…