labor shortage

Why Not to Accept the Counteroffer

The talent pool is tight and it is expected to get even tighter in the upcoming years. Due to the age gap with the Baby Boomer generation retiring and Millennials and Gen Z moving up in the workforce, there will be more jobs open than candidates to fill them. This [...]

2022-09-28T13:15:49-04:00

Biggest Challenges in Recruiting Today

It is likely that you have heard time and time again that today’s talent market is extremely tight. Here are some of the challenges our chemical recruiters have identified in finding talent today: Limited candidate pool. Getting people to return a call in a timely manner, especially if they may [...]

2022-05-20T17:07:16-04:00

Soft Skills: What Are They and Why to Consider Them?

First thing is first, what are soft skills? These are personal attributes or traits that people may have. These are often variables that can be used to determine if someone will mesh well with a team or company’s culture. As specialty chemical recruiters, we often dive deep into the soft [...]

2022-03-03T17:41:08-05:00

Are Your Employees Feeling the Love?

The talent market is tight right now. It continues to be a candidate’s market and feels as though there are more opportunities than there is available talent. This has caused the war over talent to heat up. Companies are getting more competitive to be able to fill roles. This means [...]

2022-02-09T12:22:30-05:00

Choosing the Right Candidate

We often compare hiring and interview to dating. In dating, the couple will need to go through a series of dates to determine if this is a relationship that could be long-term. Each person will have to decide if the other checks off the boxes for what they are looking [...]

2022-01-12T17:46:03-05:00
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