Recruiting and hiring is more challenging when unemployment is reported to be at record lows — currently 4.1% nationwide and hovering around 2% among college graduates, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employers who discovered that traditional recruiting strategies weren’t working have taken unorthodox hiring measures such as considering non-degree candidates for professional jobs (and developing them in-house).
Basing hiring on skills and training over credentials is a major shift in recruiting. This tactic opens up job opportunities to more candidates and broadens the talent pool, which is essential in a labor shortage. The retail industry, at least during the seasonal hiring period, also increased wages to woo potential workers, and employers are turning to remote and flexible work now more than ever.
