Salary

Is upskilling the solution to hiring challenges for employers? Many believe it is. Would rage applying or quiet quitting be trending if employers were investing in the lives (and ultimately… Read more

In the last 12-18 months, employers have increased pay scales for all kinds of hard to fill jobs. However, one of those is more critical than the rest: recruiters. The… Read more

More than a quarter of Americans, 27%, believe employers should be pay-transparent in their job postings, while 61% say they’re more likely to apply for positions that share a salary… Read more

As the economy snaps back, there is a current and growing labor crunch.  We know this because our phone is ringing off the hook.  Every hotel chain, every casual dining… Read more

Wednesday, March 24, 2021, is U.S. Equal Pay Day. This date symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. It… Read more

What Job Hunters Will Be Expecting From Your Company in 2021 While 2020 is finally in the rearview mirror (phew!), businesses continue to navigate the repercussions of the pandemic. This… Read more

Are Recruiters Responsible For The Pay Equity Gap? Recruiter: “Well we haven’t talked about comp yet, what are your expectations?” Candidate: “I need to be somewhere between $170,000 and $180,000.”… Read more

How to Retain Young High Potential Employees The term “War for Talent” was coined in 1998 in a popular report by McKinsey Consulting, referring to the growing competition between companies for… Read more

Talent Acquisition Toolkit: How One Simple Formula Can Move the Needle to Compensation Equality for All   How will Covid-19 impact Human Capital Management (HCM)? This is the million-dollar Human… Read more

Fireside chat with William Tincup & Ruth Thomas of CURO A few years ago I was speaking at a compensation conference. The subject was what was happening outside of comp…. Read more

Will a Larger Salary Make Your Candidates Happier? When times are tough, we often believe the answer to all our problems is gaining more money. Recruiting often sees candidates bypass… Read more

“Why isn’t anyone applying for my job?”  If you’ve ever posed this question, your shortage of applicants could have nothing to do with the tight labor market, your recruiting resources,… Read more

Hit the target “Are you working close to the money today? ” This was the question my first manager asked me every morning for my first 18 months in recruitment…. Read more

“Hire three top performers, pay ’em like 8, and get the results of 10.” That quote is from this podcast interview, and, well, the actual quote would be: I always… Read more

Little screenshot from an article my friend sent me: Read the end part. I’ve written before about the skills gap — I think it’s largely a joke. It’s usually the result… Read more