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Question of the Month: What Benefits Could Your Company Add/Modify to Build Stronger Loyalty Among Their Employees?

Since companies currently face fierce competition when it comes to hiring top applicants, there’s a need to offer better benefits. This could be anything from a relaxed dress code or flexible scheduling to pay increases or additional time off.

We want to know what benefits you think would build stronger loyalty among employees at your company. Let us know by voting in our poll! (more…)

Question of the Month: During a Job Interview, What Red Flags Would Make You Reject an Employment Offer?

Interviews are a two-way street. The company is interviewing you for the job, but you’re also interviewing the company to make sure they’re the right fit for you. Sometimes the interview goes great and you have a feeling you’d get along well with your co-workers. Other times something feels…off. And then your interviewer says something that’s a major red flag. It might be about high employee turnover, company values that don’t line up with yours, or just the interviewer being vague about the job responsibilities.

We want to know what interview red flags would make you reject an employment offer. Let us know by voting in our poll! (more…)

Answering the Interview Question Recap: Why Did You Have So Many Jobs in Such a Short Amount of Time?

Jobs don’t always turn out like we think they will. Maybe you start a job and find it just isn’t for you, or you got laid off multiple times early on in the pandemic. Perhaps you start a job but have to move because your significant other got a new job or because you need to take care of a sick loved one.

Whatever your reason, your resume makes you look like a job hopper, which might scare off potential employers. They want someone that’s going to be in it for the long haul. According to Glassdoor, the average cost to hire is $4,000, and employers don’t want to spend that money on someone who leaves in a few months. So, if you have numerous jobs in a short amount of time, you’ll almost certainly get asked why in an interview. And even if you don’t, it’s something you should acknowledge and explain. Here’s how. (more…)

Question of the Month: What Type of New Year’s Resolution Did You Make for 2022?

It’s hard to believe it’s already 2022! Whether you exceeded or didn’t quite meet your goals in 2021, it’s time to set new ones for this year.

We want to know what kind of New Year’s Resolutions you have for 2022! Whether it’s something personal, professional, or somewhere in between, we want to hear about it. Let us know by voting in our poll.

Poll Results: What Are You Most and Least Optimistic About for 2022?

Nobody saw the 2020 pandemic coming. Many businesses kept looking for a way to “get back to normal” but are now starting to realize there really isn’t a normal to get back to. COVID-19 isn’t completely going away any time soon, which means businesses have to find a new normal and change the way they operate.

But how do job seekers feel about this new normal? We wanted to know what you’re optimistic (and less than optimistic) about going into 2022, so we held a poll. Here’s what you had to say. (more…)

Question of the Month: Finding a Job in 2022 Predictions

It’s hard to believe that 2021 is almost over. It’s already December! With the world starting to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s been a year of change many companies decided to permanently embrace remote work and new jobs were created. Work just looks different now.

And now it’s time to ask ourselves what 2022 is going to look like. Will finding a new job be easy, hard, or somewhere in between? Let us know by voting in our poll!