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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…
How Hiring For Logistics Positions Will Change Post-Pandemic
The shift to remote work and the explosion of e-commerce are two trends which, while already underway before COVID-19, surged…
3 Ways to Make Your Recruiting Process More Gender-inclusive
Creating a gender-inclusive workplace starts with a thoughtful recruiting process. With a few changes, you can build recruitment practices that…
Why HR Departments Worry about Celebrating Pride
Many regard the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion in New York City as the catalyst for the modern LGBTQ+ movement. Pride Month,…
Employee or Independent Contractor? How To Spot the Difference in the EU
The distinction between company employees and independent contractors is an issue playing out in a variety of industries across the…
Diversity Hiring: Sourcing or Screening Problem?
Human resources is about humans, and so far artificial intelligence (AI) has proven fallible in many attempts to mimic recruiting…
3 Retail Recruitment Strategy Tips
Retailers in the U.S. experience some of the highest levels of attrition. According to the Society for Human Resource Management…
A Note About the Recent DDoS Incident
On April 28, 2021, Fountain was the target of a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack. We took immediate action by activating…
Onboarding Challenges in Retail
The past year has been nothing short of a mind-bending anomaly, and fewer industries have borne the brunt of the…
How Supply Chains Can Address Hiring Shortages and Talent Gaps
If there is one thing the pandemic taught us it’s that our supply chains needed a process overhaul. As we…
The Top 4 Industries Where Hiring Is Rebounding
In the volatile world of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of the nation’s economy and fluctuating unemployment rates are just…
How to Stay Connected to Remote Hourly Workers
The COVID-19 pandemic has catapulted the work-from-anywhere lifestyle into the status quo. These days, you and your employees are most…
Selecting an ATS: Four People You Need To Get Buy-In From
Introduction Applicant tracking systems (ATS) are evolving to address the needs of the modern workforce. These changes have led to…