June boasted 372k new jobs offered by employers
While the unemployment rate continues to hover at 3.6%, employers still added new jobs to the roster in droves.
Humanizing productivity tracking, minus the constant surveillance
Productivity Tracking can make employees uncomfortable, but there are ways to humanize the process and relax anxieties.
Want better driver retention? Ask your drivers what they want
Driver feedback is one of the most valuable assets a company can have, encouraging loyalty and an open chain of communication.
Despite positions not being filled, worried executives are removing job listings
Job openings have been quietly closing, despite the position not being filled.
Amazon predicted to run out of FC workers by 2024
The company put too much effort into hiring over the past two years and has now found itself in a situation of high turnover.
Customers and employees both require your attention
Employee engagement cannot be at the expense of customer satisfaction - or vice versa.
Skilled vocational workers are far and few between
Vocational work has been treated as a joke for years by the educational system, and America is now suffering for it.
4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in May
In April 2022, a near record-high of 4.4 million Americans threw in the towel, despite growing fears of a recession quickly approaching.
Smaller labor pool creates a recruitment race for the best talent
Logistics managers are on the hunt for talent to add to their companies, but the base for recruitment has grown tighter.
Compensation adjustments being made by 63% of executives
According to a March 2022 Gartner survey, 63% of companies are planning to make compensation adjustments for their employees to help battle the growing inflation issue.
While small companies axe positions, payrolls grow
The U.S. economy as a whole is adding jobs, regardless of small companies trending towards reducing staff.
Companies are recruiting in the digital realm
What has been coined “Great Resignation” has offered many companies hope as they evolved to fit this new world.
22,000 California port workers contracts expire this summer
The West Coast ports in California are still moving record amounts of cargo regardless of supply chain hiccups.
High-skill labor shortages affecting the public
The labor shortage extends further than blue-collar jobs; the high-skill workforce has been depleting since 2020.
U.S. Express lays of 5% corporate staff
The Chattanooga, Tennessee-based trucking giant claims the layoffs were made in an attempt to cut back on costs.
Attracting a new generation of supply chain workers
Baby Boomers and Gen Xers need to consider their Millennial and Generation Z counterparts when staffing the supply chain.
Predicting employee turnover from a leadership perspective
Your company’s leadership must maintain their top talent to keep the positions filled.
Walmart wants to attract more college graduates
Walmart hopes to lure new college grads for store management positions with big cash.
Increasing wages won’t solve your supply chain nightmare, but its a start
The largest facet of the larger supply chain problem is employee retention, says industry expert Dan Johnston, CEO of WorkStep.
Digitalization efforts are held back by lack of labor
52% of companies lack skilled labor - so says a new CSCMP statistic.