It’s a great time to be job hunting, and a challenging time to be hiring. According to Indeed.com, June marked the 16th consecutive month in which there were more job postings in the United States than unemployed workers, suggesting that jobseekers are at an advantage over employers in the tight labor market.
Here is proof that hiring remained brisk over the summer in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Glassdoor.com.
When it comes to finding the best employees, you need to understand what drives them, motivates them and inspires them — especially if you want to keep them. Get to know what is important to them and what worries them, and rethink how you guide them and mentor them based on what you find out. These stats are from Harvard Business Review and the Society for Human Resource Management that reveal exactly why company culture should be important for every business.
#1 Reason candidates choose one job over another is company culture
64% of employees say trust between employees and senior manager is very important to their job satisfaction
65% of employees thing their culture in not effectively managed
83% of employees rank culture as very important
One worry that is becoming increasingly common among Millennials is student debt, based on the findings in the LendEDU report released in August 2019, “Student Loan Debt by School by State 2018.”