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3 Factors Driving the Talent Shortage
DECLINING BIRTH RATE + COVID IMPACT DRIVING EARLY RETIREMENT = TALENT SHORTAGE Where did everyone go? For businesses across the United States, locating and attracting people has become increasingly difficult. The talent pool is getting smaller as more people choose...
How to Encourage Women in STEM
HOW TO ENCOURAGE WOMEN IN STEM As of 2021, women make up around 35% of the STEM workforce in the United States, according to the National Science Foundation. This means that there is a significant gender gap in STEM fields, and efforts to encourage and support women in STEM...
5 Tips To Recession Proof Your Career
Nothing in life is guaranteed, but if you put in a little time and effort, you might be able to position yourself ahead of your peers when it comes to coping with the next wave of volatility. Five tips to recession-proof your career.
5 Tips to Create a Recruiting Advantage in a Tight Engineering Labor Market
5 Tips to Create a Recruiting Advantage in a Tight Engineering Labor Market Is it any wonder our clients are having a hard time attracting and hiring the talent they desperately need? “Employers added 263,000 jobs in September, an unsustainably fast pace. The unemployment rate fell...
3 Areas That Provide a Recruiting Advantage to Attract and Retain Key IT Talent
Recruiting Advantage: What’s working to attract and retain key IT talent! We talk to IT professionals and IT hiring managers every day. While some other industries may have their own unique challenges, we are hearing an overwhelming majority of professionals saying three main factors...
Four basic reasons people change jobs
Is a job change really right for you? There are four basic reasons a person changes jobs: 1. SituationSituation has nothing to do with the job itself. Some people change jobs because they’re being laid off or have a spouse who’s being transferred to another city. Maybe a loss of key...
Patricia Simpson Promoted to Vice President of Whitaker IT
Patricia Simpson Promoted to Vice President of Whitaker IT Patricia Simpson has been promoted to Vice President of Whitaker IT due to her successful management strategies, launch of our DFW office, and excellence in training and development of our IT recruiting team. Her focus is leading the...
Six Candidate Expectations in Today’s Talent Market
What’s Most Important to Candidates in Today’s Talent Market WHAT’S MY FUTURE HERE? That’s the crucial question candidates are asking right now. In this competitive talent market full of multiple offer scenarios and counteroffers, candidates are asking themselves “which future is brighter...
How to “Wow” Before, During and After the Interview
How to “Wow” Before, During and After the Interview Interviews are your opportunity to show why you are a great candidate, how you will fit in with the culture and how you can be successful in the role. It’s also your time to learn enough about the company and position to decide if this is...
15 Questions to Ask During an Interview
15 Questions to Ask During an Interview Interviews aren’t just for an employer to ask questions about why the candidate would be a good fit! Candidates should take this opportunity to ask the company questions to make their own decision about if the company/team/culture would be a good fit for...
Four Ways Your Interview Process Can Increase Your Hiring Power
Your Interview Process Can Increase Your Hiring Power Do you have a 2020 mindset in 2022? Good candidates are not “a dime a dozen” so to be competitive in today’s talent market companies need to communicate often, move quickly, and treat candidates’ time with respect. Companies have the...
Should You Accept a Counteroffer?
Should You Accept a Counteroffer? Ask yourself one question: does the counteroffer address the reason(s) you were looking for a new job? If the answer is no, and the new opportunity will provide what you are seeking, then you should move forward. Reasons for counteroffers: Counteroffers can...
High-Level Professional Employment Market Mirrors Housing Market
The High-Level Professional Employment Market Mirrors Housing Market Once Again From 2014 to 2018 if you were looking for a home in one of the prominent Houston suburbs you would have looked at a number of homes, narrowed that group to your favorites, then you come back a week later for...
Salary Expectations are Increasing: How to Attract & Retain Top Talent Besides Money
Salary Expectations are Increasing: How to Attract & Retain Top Talent Besides Money Today’s candidates have clear salary expectations and in a candidate driven market - strong demand with little supply - those expectations have increased significantly over the last year and a half. In today’s...
Start The Year on A Path to Professional Success
Focus on What You Can Do Right in 2022 to Achieve Your Professional Goals "The secret to change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." Socrates New year = new you, right? Instead of focusing on what went wrong in 2021, let’s focus on what you can do...
