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Monday, 08. 30. 2010  –  Category: All Blog Posts

August 2010 Retail Labor Index

Monday, 08. 9. 2010  –  Category: All Blog Posts

Kronos released the newest Retail Labor Index data today.   Following is a summary analysis from Dr. Robert Yerex, Chief Economist at Kronos.

The Kronos Retail Labor Index was up slightly for the month of July, to a level of 3.63. This means that out of 10,000 applicants, 363 are being hired. Both hirings and applications were [...]

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July Retail Labor Index

Tuesday, 07. 13. 2010  –  Category: All Blog Posts

Dr. Robert Yerex of the Kronos Staffing Science Team provides the following context for this month’s Retail Labor Index report:
Retail employers increased the number of hires they made in June to a level that was more than 30% higher than in June of 2009. Unfortunately for those seeking a position, the number of applicants also [...]

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Your Best Hires are a Tweet Away

Friday, 07. 9. 2010  –  Category: All Blog Posts

As the economy recovers over the next year, organizations will need to focus more on strategies to retain valued employees.  Many published surveys during the past 18 months have revealed that employees have been protecting their job security at all costs – even if they weren’t feeling particularly fulfilled or engaged at work.  As demand [...]

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Part 2: Measure Twice, Cut Once

Wednesday, 07. 7. 2010  –  Category: All Blog Posts

The following is a guest blog post from Phil Mangos, a senior scientist at Kronos.  In the following post, he discusses candidate assessment strategy.  We’ve discussed this topic in a prior post in 2007.  Phil’s discussion digs a little deeper into not only mapping job competencies, but prioritizing them as well.

As an industrial-organizational psychologist, I [...]

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