The recruiting process is a two-way street. On one hand, you're looking to hire the most qualified candidate for your open position. On the other, job seekers are looking for the company they would best fit in. Today, 80% of millennial new hires consider the culture of a company that is recruiting them. To navigate [...]
Downtime in manufacturing can cause untold losses for your business. If you need to hire an extra hand in your manufacturing plant, then you should do it in the shortest time possible. Your best bet is trusting manufacturing headhunters to recruit the best talent in the market and help keep your business operating at peak [...]
With ongoing, significant economic challenges facing the US economy, the pace of normal economic sector maturity and consolidation is likely to increase. One contributing factor is some organizations with relatively healthy business models and balance sheets may be acquirable at a discount. In the coming fiscal quarters, as visibility slowly increases and the longer term [...]
Technology Trends and Employment 2020 Kane Partners is engaged in exploring short-term employment trends, reflecting on the volatile and erratic realities fomented by the coronavirus pandemic gripping the nation. Since March, we have seen unemployment rates soar from 3.5% to 11.1% with a real rate of 18%. According to the Conference Board, “the virus’ recent [...]
In today’s challenging business environment, the quality of your people is your strongest asset that will differentiate you from your competitors. To build a highly skilled and motivated team, you need to work with the right staffing company that has the ability to identify and hire top talent in a fiercely competitive labor market. Experience [...]
July 4th marks the halfway point of the year for businesses. This is when companies start to focus on pivoting for the second half of the year by creating a game plan for hiring, sales, and growth. In 2020, from the perspective of business and employment, Independence Day does not mark the end of the economic [...]
The coronavirus pandemic and the government-mandated lockdowns that followed it have had a staggering impact on the job market. Scores of workers have been laid off and many companies have been forced to operate at reduced capacity. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that since February, which is when the virus started spreading in the [...]
Businesses of all sizes have felt a backlash to some extent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the guidance of government agencies such as the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and WHO (World Health Organization), business owners have been tactfully trying to keep their respective ships afloat. For some, this meant working remotely, [...]
Ending a four-month decline following the COVID-19 crisis, the US manufacturing industry finally began to stabilize in May. The recent survey from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) shows that the Purchasing Managers' Index inched up last month to 43.1 (from 41.5 in April). While the index continues to be in a contraction zone, it [...]
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis is expected to have far reaching effects on the US economy. But it has also triggered several opportunities to transform the way we do business. For instance, life – both personal and professional – has turned increasingly digitalized as we strive to remain competent through a virtual world. A majority of [...]
