Hiring

The holidays are nearly upon us, and brick-and-mortar retail stores will soon be playing festive music as they gear up for their busiest months of the year. Retailers, and grocers alike, will need additional staff to cover the influx in shoppers. According to a survey conducted by Profitect, now Zebra Prescriptive Analytics, 44 percent of…

In the time it takes you to read this sentence, a crop of talented seasonal employees received job offers from your competitors. And that means the highly coveted pool of seasonal retail talent just got even smaller — a situation that’s only intensifying as the U.S. unemployment rate continues to hover around a near-historic low…

Best Buy has launched a $2.5 million endowed scholarship at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management to help fund four years of college for up to 10 students a year, starting next fall. It's one of the company's largest gifts in higher education. The scholarship is targeted to students who have gone through…

October is the busiest hiring month of the year, and while passive job seekers can use the fall season to cast a wide net to see what’s available, a majority of job hunters will spend their pre-Halloween time searching for seasonal jobs to supplement the remaining months of the year. The holiday season is also…

The "gig economy" has taken the traditional hourly workforce by storm. 2019 has been a landmark year for the gig economy, with Lyft and Uber going public, and Postmates expected to do so in the near future. And with the number of gig workers forecast to keep growing, the traditional hourly workplace faces daunting competition…

In this week’s Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Joe Keenan and Kristina Stidham discuss hiring strategies for retailers, as written in a recent article featured on Total Retail, “How to Attract and Retain Gen Z Talent in a Tight Labor Market,” by Aaron Schwarzberg, chief operating officer of Learning Tribes. Younger workers expect more from…

Knowledge is power, especially when it comes to negotiating your next salary, whether that's with your current employer or on the open market. Total Retail’s 2018 Salary Benchmark Report provides retail executives and upper management with the data necessary to ensure they’re maximizing their earning potential. If any (or all) of these scenarios apply to you, then Total Retail's 2018 Salary Benchmark Report is the resource you need.

How many times have we been advised to find the “right cultural fit” when involved in a hiring process, regardless of industry? Historically this is usually the place a hiring manager begins when embarking upon a hiring process. Often organizations default to evaluating talent in terms of similarities in background, experience, interests, etc. However, research…

Competing for and securing top talent is more difficult than ever, as job seekers benefit from a buyer’s market and low unemployment across the nation. Retailers are faced with the increasingly complex challenge of attracting and retaining the newest top talent while also keeping a multigenerational workforce happy. This requires flexibility around creating solutions to…

With summer comes warm weather and sunny skies, vacationing families and tourists, and, hopefully, increased foot traffic and business for your store. If you’re like many retailers, you’ve probably hired a few additional workers to meet the demands of the summer season. But are you ready for the holidays? It may seem early to start…