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Tool Kit iPad

2024 Recruiting and Retention Tool Kit

Today's labor market is challenging. There are many more jobs available than job seekers, which provides top talent with a choice when it comes to their next career move.

This tool kit is designed to help you create both a candidate experience and an employee experience that attracts and retains top talent. 

Prepare for the new year and stay ahead of your competition, download your copy today.

 

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Cost Of Vacancy Calculator

Every open position in your organization is costing you, and that dollar amount is more than you think. Use our custom calculator to determine the cost of vacancy for a particular role in your organization. The resulting number reflects the amount of revenue lost for the number of days it takes your organization to fill that particular role.

Calculate Your Cost of Vacancy Now!

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Time to Fill...how long is it really?

Job vacancies can be planned or they can take us by surprise. It is easy to believe that we can fill our critical roles quickly...but can we really? Use our custom calculator to determine the aproximate time to fill your open role, based on the role itself and your talent acquisition resources.

Calculate Your Time To Fill Here!

The Hybrid Gap: How to Create the Ideal Work Environment

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According to Gallup, there has been a steady decline in employee engagement over the last year, right around the time many companies brought their employees back into the office. 

There is a great divide between employers and employees, who have differing opinions on the value of remote work. Our resource focuses less on whether companies should be hybrid, and more on how to create the ideal work environment. It reveals the activities that are productive in hybrid, and those which require in-person collaboration in order to help you bridge the gap in your own organization.

2024 Employment Reports

March Jobs Report

On Friday April 5th, the U.S. Labor Department released their March Employment Report. This month beats expectations with 303,000 payrolls added, compared to the 214,000 projected. Overall, a stronger report than February, showing a continued challenging labor market for employers, particularly in Construction, Government, and Education & Health Services industries.

Read the full report.

February Jobs Report

On Friday March 8th, the U.S. Labor Department released their February Employment Report. beats expectations with 275k payrolls added, compared to the 200k projected. However, it is a weaker report than previous months. Despite this, the labor market remains historically high.

Read the full report.

January Jobs Report

On Friday February 2nd, the U.S. Labor Department released their January Employment Report. This month crushes expectations in job creation, with 353,000 new payrolls created. With unemployment remaining steady at 3.7% and open jobs continuing to exceed available workers by nearly 3 million, recruitment and retention remain top of mind for business owners.

Read the full report.

Complimentary Recruitment Tools

Let's Get Specific...

Needing more help in a particular area of your retention and recruitment efforts? We have individual resources crafted for 9 key areas of opportunity relating to talent acquisition efforts. These resources include research from over 2,500 middle-market businesses just like yours and actionable strategies that you can begin implementing at your organization today. Check them out below!

TalenTrust Blog

Make hourly hiring human again

Make hourly hiring human again

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How to Hire Proactively in a Reactive Market

How to Hire Proactively in a Reactive Market

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Becoming an Employer of Choice

Becoming an Employer of Choice

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The Dare to Care Podcast

JOIN TALENTRUST FOUNDER AND CEO KATHLEEN QUINN VOTAW AS SHE SPEAKS WITH THOUGHT LEADERS AND PRACTITIONERS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATED THE NEW WAY TO WORK - FROM HOME, OR ANYWHERE, TOGETHER.
Dare to Care in the Workplace with Ken Rusk

Dare to Care in the Workplace with Ken Rusk

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Dare to Care in the Workplace with Josh Bersin

Dare to Care in the Workplace with Josh Bersin

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Dare to Care in the Workplace with Gary Cooper

Dare to Care in the Workplace with Gary Cooper

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Reading Recommendations

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Rescuing the Corporate Exhausted Hero

Mark Heydt, Chief Learning Officer and Founder of Game Plan Leader, has helped hundreds of leaders and managers to reclaim their lives from burnout, learn the skills they need to lead, and avoid becoming Exhausted Heroes―and this book will help you create an actionable game plan to become a more strategic leader. Grab a copy!

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Fierce Conversations

The master teacher of positive change through powerful communication, Susan Scott wants you to succeed. To do that, she explains, you must transform everyday conversations at work and at home with effective ways to get your message across—and get what you want. Grab a copy!

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Blue Collar Cash

A prescriptive and timely guide to finding success and happiness without a college degree by Ken Rusk, the Ohio-based entrepreneur and “million-dollar ditch digger” who believes it is time to celebrate the possibilities and financial opportunities that a Blue-Collar life can bring. Grab a copy!

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Love and Work

World-renowned researcher and New York Times bestselling author Marcus Buckingham helps us discover where we're at our best—both at work and in life. In this eye-opening, uplifting book, Buckingham shows you how to break free from this conformity—how to decode your own loves, turn them into their most powerful expression, and do the same for those you lead and those you love. Grab a copy!

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