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Price the Work
What agentic software should cost. Software pricing has always described what software did. When software was a tool you installed,…
What Are the Best AI Tools for Staffing Agencies?
The AI tools best suited to staffing agencies and high-volume frontline employers in 2026 are generally platforms built to screen,…
What Does Generative AI in Recruiting Do for Frontline Hiring?
Generative AI has spread through frontline recruiting faster than it has changed hiring timelines. 67% of recruiters now use AI…
Workforce Planning Strategy Examples: 3 Scenarios and a Template You Can Use
A hiring plan built at the corporate average is wrong almost everywhere it lands. Unemployment ran from 1.8% to 16.9%…
How to Use AI Onboarding to Cut Time-to-Productivity for Frontline Workers
Frontline workers who describe their onboarding as “messy” are 9x more likely to plan their exit, according to the 2025…
The Hiring Metrics to Track and How Often to Report Them
Hiring teams collect more data than they did five years ago and still face unfilled shifts. In Korn Ferry’s 2025…
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…
2 Ways Retail Recruiters Can Combat High Turnover
Recruiting leaders have a lot on their shoulders: They’re constantly having to navigate the ever-changing hiring needs of the company…