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How to pay remote workers

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way millions of people report to work. More people than ever are performing their work duties remotely, freeing companies to shrink their office footprint and think strategically about their pay structures. Some companies are giving permanent remote work a try. Facebook, for instance, has given some employees the option […]

Helping employees cope with work-related anxiety

Mental health has been battered in these unprecedented times of uncertainty and unpredictability. As the pandemic continued to cripple industries and up-end work routines, it also sparked serious mental health issues in a stressed-out and isolated workforce. In fact, data in Monster’s new Future of Work 2021 Outlook showed that globally, feelings of job-related anxiety […]

Monster hiring report: January 2021 snapshot

It’s only fitting that 2020, a year filled with a raging pandemic and political chaos, would end in the most 2020 way possible: another round of job losses. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the labor market shed 140,000 jobs last month, breaking it’s seven-month streak of positive growth since April when the […]

The Future of Work 2021: A summary of this year’s survey

Let’s all take a collective sigh that 2020 is over. Last year – which included record-breaking job losses and unemployment as high as 16% in May 2020 – was a challenge. We saw staffing shortages in health care, warehousing, and logistics and prolonged declines in hospitality, travel, and foodservice. Those are reason enough to say […]

2021 Hiring Trends: Monster's Predictions for the New Year

Forecasting 2021 hiring trends is a bit of a challenge given all of the unknowns in the economy and with the pandemic. That said, with a vaccine being rolled out and the potential return to normal on the horizon, 2021 is poised to be a big comeback year for some hard-hit industries. Based on Monster […]

10 tips for salary negotiation with a candidate

The stakes are high for both employer and job candidate in salary negotiations. Jim Hopkinson offers some no-nonsense tips.

The gig economy in 2021: New strategies for recruiting temporary workers

The gig economy has been buzzed about for some time, and after a year with a pandemic and economic unrest, more employers and workers have seemed to embrace temporary and contract workers than ever before – giving new life, and perhaps a new definition to the meaning of “gig work.” But how do you go […]

Staffing urgently needed healthcare roles

One of the most consistent challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the shortage of healthcare workers. As healthcare facilities reach maximum capacity, hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare providers have experienced an urgent need for additional help and backup staff, so healthcare staffing has had to get creative. Unfortunately, as COVID-19 cases spike to […]

Five factors in rewarding employee performance

Successfully rewarding employee performance doesn't always require a bump in pay.

How to revamp your company's employee performance review

Author Marnie Green suggests framing difficult discussions about employee performance by focusing first on behavior.