As a sports fan I find it fascinating when a sportscaster discusses the metrics underneath the headlines of winning and losing. With only a minor change or adjustment the impact on scoring or productivity can be the difference between…
Author: Zach Price
Your June First Friday Preview from Zach Price
The number of jobs added in May 2016 was “shockingly low” according to NPR business editor Marilyn Geewax. Economists state that average job growth rate is below average, increasingly so over the past 3 months. Job growth is also below…
Manufacturing Trends heading in to Q2
According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, Manufacturing employment took a dip in March by 29,000 jobs. Two big stories at the end of March continue to be economic growth and personal consumption growth, yet American manufacturing continued to deal with…
First Friday Preview from Zach Price
The chances are you are looking for a new career opportunity even if you are happy with your current role. If you are not looking then the probability just increased that the person in the office next to you is…
Retention is Key
Now three quarters in to the year there have been some valuable learning lessons and observations in staffing. The first is that a perceived lack of skilled talent has been identified as a top reason why companies struggle to find…
Manufacturing Thrives in Early 2014
U.S. jobs growth has been impacted by weather in the past two months, thus also suggesting some weakness in the labor market. On a positive note, manufacturing grew faster than projected against Mother Nature. The economy added 175,000 jobs in…
The Search for Talent
MRI Network reports that 42% of candidates turned down one offer for an offer with another company in the second half of 2013, a 27% increase from the first half. The Top Talent has multiple options, multiple offers and greater…
Road to Recovery
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicated at the end of 2012 there were 3.6 million job openings monthly, up from 3.2 million in 2011. During the same period average monthly hires remained steady at 3.2 percent. Separations, mostly due…
Reshoring Topic Impacts Staffing
The featured article discusses the trend of the “candidate driven market” which we have explored several times in the past 18 months. The Richmond Group USA has been in practice long enough to see this event occur several times over…
Cautiously Optimistic
The job outlook blooms slightly this April with the employment rate dipping below 7.5 percent and the economy adding 165,000 new positions. It is time to remain cautiously optimistic this progress will continue. Historically staffing slows during the vacation months of…