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Job Market Trends So Far in 2023 Uncategorized

Job Market Trends So Far in 2023

For many months following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, economists and business experts alike made projections about what the future held for the economy and the job market. And many, for good reason, anticipated a massive recession in 2022 to 2023. But, of course, only time would tell what the actual repercussions of the onset of the pandemic would have years later. Having just passed the mid-year mark in 2023, now's a better time than ever to consider these results—now that the numbers are in. Here are the mid-2023 results, according to a recent report from Yoh written by…
Kendra Guidolin
11 August 2023
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5 Ways to Improve Your Career Trajectory Career advice

5 Ways to Improve Your Career Trajectory

You may be proactive with your training and skills upkeep. You may be taking workshops and attending conferences in your field to make sure you're up-to-date with all advancements and expectations of your work. Maybe you even have some of the best ideas and input at your organization. And yet, you may still feel unfulfilled and underwhelmed with your career trajectory as a leader. After all, your hard skills are not all that's necessary to succeed in a given job function. You'll need to examine and consider what soft skills you may or may not be able to improve upon.…
Kendra Guidolin
10 August 2023
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How to Find Your Top Potential before You Pivot Your Career ArticlesCareer advice

How to Find Your Top Potential before You Pivot Your Career

While there may be newer reasons to pivot your career—from AI making more and more workers redundant to workplaces now mandating a return to offices for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19—doing so is certainly not a new concept. What is new, however, are the high stakes of doing so. Earlier this year, inflation reached an all-time high, and costs of education and other training leaving countless in debt for years, even decades at a time. Pivoting, these days, can be especially devastating if it's not into the right industry. So, how do you know you're ready for…
Kendra Guidolin
9 August 2023
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Are You an Inclusive Leader? 3 Steps for Top Team Success Career advice

Are You an Inclusive Leader? 3 Steps for Top Team Success

As it ought to be, diversity and inclusivity these days tends to be a given. But perhaps because these things are so widely accepted as an expectation, many workplaces engage less meaningfully with diversity and inclusion as is necessary. After all, hiring diverse teams is not itself inclusion. So, what does being an inclusive leader mean? And how can you become one so as to improve your organization's cohesion and efforts toward meaningful and impactful change in the workplace? Let's start with the basics. What Does It Mean to Be an Inclusive Leader? Workable defines inclusive leadership as "the capacity…
Kendra Guidolin
4 August 2023
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The Top 10 Canadian Cities Demanding Hybrid and Remote Work Career adviceNews

The Top 10 Canadian Cities Demanding Hybrid and Remote Work

This week, two major cities in British Columbia made headlines in LinkedIn news as having the highest demand for remote work. That is, both Victoria's and Kelowna's populations, it seems, can't get enough of working from home. Torontonians, on the other hand, were less likely to apply for an entirely remote position. So, why are some populations taking certain stances over others? And where would you best fit in with your preference for work models? Let's explore how certain cities nation-wide are comparing in terms of their population's demands for work and what cities might be best suited for you…
Kendra Guidolin
3 August 2023
4 Easy Steps to Creating a Perfect Sales Team Leaders' advice

4 Easy Steps to Creating a Perfect Sales Team

With competition as fierce as it is these days, your sales team can truly be what makes or breaks your business. But having a perfect sales team isn't just about having numerous employees who all perform effectively in the same manner. You'll need to have a team made up of unique workers that accurately and precisely address your organization's needs as a business. And this is a multi-step process that many struggle with time and again, especially if an organization is offering a niche product/service to a very broad audience. But don't fret! We have a four step process to…
Kendra Guidolin
1 August 2023
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The Best Ways to Offer Your Employees Feedback on Their Work Career advice

The Best Ways to Offer Your Employees Feedback on Their Work

Picture this: you've been working hard to deliver a great product to your clients—one that you and your team have been working on for weeks, even months at a time. And suddenly, an employee hands in something subpar. And this isn't just something that can slide. This time, it's something that needs to be reworked, and something the employee needs to hear feedback on. So, you go over to their desk and lean over them to offer them some feedback on what you just received. But before you say anything, the employee's face flushes a bright red and before long,…
Kendra Guidolin
28 July 2023
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How Effective Talent Management Drives Business Growth Articles

How Effective Talent Management Drives Business Growth

With the costs of living ever on the rise and, in many ways, job seekers maintaining the upper hand in the job market these days, employee retention and thus business growth are—perhaps now more than ever—at the fore of every manager's mind. This is because employees are in large part what determine an organization's growth and thus overall success. So, of course, whenever we talk about business growth, we first need to address talent management and retention. So, how can you improve your talent management skills to grow your business effectively and consistently in the long-term? Let's start with the…
Kendra Guidolin
26 July 2023
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Top 4 Tips for Building the Best Sales Onboarding Program Leaders' advice

Top 4 Tips for Building the Best Sales Onboarding Program

You've finally done it: you've found a star salesperson to join your already very successful sales team. And best of all, it wasn't a painful process, since all of the applicant filtering was done automatically. The newbie even seemed eager, passionate, and driven in their interviews and wowed everyone with their interview responses. But you'll need to set even the best of candidates up for success with a good sales onboarding program. Certainly, there are plenty of templates to download and customize to onboard your salespeople. There are even calculators to determine ramp-up time based on the average length of…
Kendra Guidolin
25 July 2023

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Distribution center hiring
Distribution center hiring: what breaks at volumeRecruitment

Distribution center hiring: what breaks at volume

Distribution center hiring fails for predictable reasons. See where the process breaks at volume, and what to measure instead.
9 September 2026
Offer acceptance rate is the leak nobody measures in high volume hiring
Offer acceptance rate is the leak nobody measures in high volume hiringRecruitment

Offer acceptance rate is the leak nobody measures in high volume hiring

High volume hiring teams usually blame weak applicant flow when starts miss plan. The real leak often shows up later, when accepted candidates disappear between verbal yes and day one.
1 September 2026
In-house recruiter cost
In-house recruiter cost: the front line mathRecruitment

In-house recruiter cost: the front line math

In-house recruiter cost looks simple until front line hiring volume changes the math. This guide compares payroll, agency, RPO, and managed outsourcing models.
27 August 2026
The first 90 days decide whether you hire once or twice
The first 90 days decide whether you hire once or twiceRecruitment

The first 90 days decide whether you hire once or twice

If someone leaves in the first 90 days, the hire was wrong before day one. This post shows why early turnover is often a screening problem, not a retention problem.
20 August 2026
Interview capacity is your real hiring constraint
Interview capacity is your real hiring constraintRecruitment

Interview capacity is your real hiring constraint

Interview capacity decides whether sourcing becomes hires. Learn how to calculate the slots your hiring plan needs and protect them before the month starts.
11 August 2026
Hiring handoff
The hiring handoff is where high volume recruiting breaksRecruitment

The hiring handoff is where high volume recruiting breaks

High volume recruiting rarely fails at sourcing. It fails when HR, recruiters and managers lose ownership between stages.
31 July 2026
How to know when hiring volume has outgrown your team
How to know when hiring volume has outgrown your teamRecruitment

How to know when hiring volume has outgrown your team

When hiring never stops, the internal process eventually breaks. Use this operating diagnosis to see when demand has outgrown your team.
29 July 2026
How to build a monthly hiring capacity plan before the month slips
How to build a monthly hiring capacity plan before the month slipsRecruitment

How to build a monthly hiring capacity plan before the month slips

A monthly hiring capacity plan turns a 10+ role hiring target into a real operating model: demand, applicant flow, interviews, offers, starts, and ownership.
14 July 2026
Cost of an open position
The cost of an open position (and how to close it faster)Recruitment

The cost of an open position (and how to close it faster)

Most companies obsess over time to fill. Almost no one tracks what an open position costs while it sits empty. Here is the full breakdown.
23 June 2026

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