Surprisingly, summer months rank in the top 5 of applicant volume. And during 2025, the summer months of August, July, and June literally ranked 1, 2, and 3 in the months with the highest US applicant volume. So the critical lesson that hiring managers and smart recruiting leaders need to …
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Vacation Area Recruiting – “I Love This Area, I Wish We Could Live Here Year-Round”
How often have you heard the “I wish we could stay here” phrase while you were on a vacation trip? Well, if your company has retail locations throughout the US, offers remote jobs, or has jobs that happen to be close to popular vacation areas, you have an opportunity this …
Read More »A Holiday Opportunity… To Cherry Pick Top Talent (Learn why there’s a surplus of talent and little competition)
You’re sure to land top talent if you recruit when the supply is high and the competition is low! Fortunately, we are now experiencing this high supply-to-low-competition ratio. It will remain that way during the rest of this year (2025). So, even if you have limited recruiting resources, realize that …
Read More »Recruit During The Summer… When The Jobseeker Pool Is The Largest (The right time recruiting strategy)
Surprisingly, August had the most jobseekers, while July and June ranked #3 and #4. Yes, it’s true. Over the last 12 months, if you wanted to recruit during the time period that had the largest pool of unemployed US jobseekers, you would have recruited during the summer months (BLS). Timing …
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