May Jobs Report
Amid record high inflation and recessionary fears, the American economy added 390,000 jobs in May. This outperformed the forecasts of economists, and took place against a low employment rate of…
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From the Decade of the Customer to the Decade of the Employee
Have you heard the news? Thanks to changes to the economy wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are rapidly shifting gears from the “decade of the customer” to the “decade…
April Jobs Report: Assessing Growth
Employment increased by 428,000 in April, with the unemployment rate remaining unchanged at 3.6 percent, as reported recently by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report detailed job growth…
ACCUR Quoted in Newsweek on Return-to-Work Incentives
As companies increasingly look to incentives to get their employees back to the office, Newsweek reports on the growing divide between company expectations and worker desire to remain fully remote….
Forbes Recognizes ACCUR as a Top Recruiting Firm for 2022
For the fifth year in a row, Forbes has recognized ACCUR Recruiting Services with outstanding honors in their ranking of Top Executive Search firms and Professional Search firms for the…
Biggest Challenges of Fast-Growth Outdoor Companies
We’ve written previously about how the outdoor industry has experienced extraordinary growth over the past few years. According to research by an outdoor industry trade group, more than half of…
Why Luxury Beauty Brands are Increasing Hiring Executives with Amazon-Specific Skills
Amazon was long rejected by luxury beauty brands who achieved their luster through rarified exclusivity in the retail environment. But the growth of digital retail changed many minds in the…
March Jobs Report
The March jobs report was one of the most newsworthy yet, with a total gain of 431,000 nonfarm employment, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Notably, the…
How Geographic Mobility Affects Salaries in the Age of Remote Work
So many of our dearly held expectations in the recruiting industry have been upended during the COVID-19 pandemic: Remote work and flexible schedules were already a big trend but the…
Russian Sanctions and Impact on Core Industries
We’ve all been watching the news of the unfolding war in Ukraine, and our hearts go out to all of those affected by the conflict. Over the past month as…
Inflation and the Job Market: How the Economy Influences Hiring Decisions
Inflation was again making headlines last week as Jerome Powell, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank, signaled that aggressive measures were called for in handling a surging level of…
Salary Talk: Coping with Inflation and its Impact on Recruiting
One of the biggest questions we get from our clients nowadays relates to the incredible acceleration of salary expectations against rising economic inflation. Workers are facing higher costs from their…
Inside the February Jobs Report
It’s been another blockbuster month on the jobs front with 678,000 jobs added in February, surprising economists with one of the largest gains since the beginning of the pandemic. One…
January 2022 Jobs Report
The January 2022 Jobs Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics stunned analysts with blockbuster numbers: a whopping 467,000 jobs added despite the Omicron wave tempering growth expectations. Even those…
Executive Recruiting in NYC in 2022: Special Opportunities and Challenges
The omnicron surge of the Coronavirus hit the New York City economy particularly hard. Consider some of the following stats from recent months: At the same time, many industries have…
Taking Stock of a Turbulent Year in Hiring with 8 Recruiting Predictions for 2022
As we look back on 2021 and look forward to what 2022 has in store for hiring and executive recruiting, we here at ACCUR are grateful for the growth and…
November Jobs Report: A Mixed Picture on Hiring
November has delivered moderate job gains of 210,000, according to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The most notable job gains occurred in professional and business…
8 Must-Read Newsletters for Anyone Hiring or Wanting to Get Hired
Newsletters are increasingly a good way to stay abreast of major topics in the news that affect hiring. Here are some of our go-to sources of information, worth a subscribe…
Influencer Marketing: What it Is And How to Hire for It
The rise of social networks like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok has also given rise to a new type of celebrity, the “social media influencer,” in other words an individual…
Behind Successful Celebrity-Owned Brands Look for Seasoned Executives
As social media continues to dominate our lives, celebrity-owned brands are attaining greater prominence, and a number of them have grown beyond the association of their famous founders and into…
Strong Gains in October Jobs Report
After a sluggish economic picture in September, in October, total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 531,000, and the unemployment rate edged down by 0.2 percentage point to 4.6 percent, the…
Anatomy of the Glossier Retail Experience
Since its founding in 2014 with an initial product launch of only four core items, Glossier has grown into a $1.8 billion dollar beauty juggernaut beloved by the most coveted…
ACCUR quoted in Financial Times Group’s CPG Specialist
ACCUR’s founder Edouard Thoumyre was recently quoted in the Financial Times Group’s CPG Specialist publication, which is a subscription only trade publication focused on the consumer packaged goods industry. In…
How Marketing Execs Can Meet the High Demand for Digital Skills Head On
There’s no two ways about it: marketing executives with strong digital skills have never been in higher demand. The digital transformation of business has required strong digital skills for the…
What is a VP of Growth and Do You Need One?
Along with positions like Chief Revenue Officer, VP of Growth is a relatively new executive position that attempts to fuse the world of sales, marketing, and product development into a…
Making the Most of Internal Talent in a Tight Labor Market
As the economy tightens and the competition remains fierce to retain the most talented workers, many companies are searching for innovative ways to retain talent. As with many thorny business…
Best and Worst Cities for Remote Workers
A recent survey by Telstra Ventures looked at 371,000 jobs posted between April and June 30th of this year to find out what cities were most receptive to remote workers….
Staying Ahead of The Great Talent Migration
The American workforce is changing rapidly thanks to job mobility, a still-tight labor market, and technological advances. You could say that this change has been in the works for years…
Breaking Down the May Jobs Report
In contrast to the anemic April jobs report and the blockbuster report in March, the May jobs report has strong but measured signs for the economy in general. Hospitality continues…
March Jobs Report Beats Expectations; Shows Strong Growth
The March Jobs Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics blew past previous expectations showing an economy primed for job growth as the nation recovers from the Coronavirus pandemic. The…
Pandemic Resource Roundup for E-Commerce, Luxury Retail, Beauty, Food & Wine and More
As we approach the one year anniversary of COVID-related shutdowns to the economy, we wanted to take a step back and examine all of the myriad ways businesses have had…
Online Education Options to Boost Your Post-Pandemic Employability
We’ve written in the past about the massive range of online courses available to sharpen your skillset in sales, marketing, management and more. But with the pandemic changing the sort…
ACCUR in Patch: The South Florida Job Market
ACCUR Recruiting Services’ founder Edouard Thoumyre was recently quoted in Patch about the 2021 job outlook for Floridians, especially in the South Florida area. Edouard covered the following topics with…
ACCUR’s Year In Review: The COVID-inspired Trends to Watch
What an extraordinary year! Overnight, our client companies scrambled to reassemble their workforces, change distribution strategies and alter production schedules to deal with an unprecedented global pandemic. The year did…
Improving Online Meetings and Interviews
As remote work becomes more prominent in everyone’s lives, we’re bringing you new tips and articles on making your remote workforce more successful and efficient from the hiring process to…
Jobs Report for October 2020
The latest jobs numbers were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on October 20, tracking major changes to the job market in September 2020, including some promising signs on…
ACCUR on L’Oréal’s CEO Search in Women’s Wear Daily
ACCUR Recruiting Services’ CEO Edouard Thoumyre was asked to comment on the pending change in L’Oréal’s top management in a new article for Women’s Wear Daily. The storied, 100-year-old cosmetics…
Luxury Retail and Secondary Markets, Apps & Auction Sites
We’ve recently looked at some of the innovative ways that luxury retail brands like Chanel and Gucci are harnessing new digital tools to reach consumers during the Coronavirus pandemic. An…
Luxury Retail and Digital: Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-COVID landscape
We know well how resistant luxury retail has been to harnessing all of the potential of digital and social media. And it’s not surprising either: the industry’s strength has long…
High End Luxury Preps for a Post-Pandemic Landscape: The Skills in Greatest Demand
With the global COVID-19 pandemic threatening the luxury retail business, prominent brands have nonetheless wasted no time in remobilizing their operations to provide support, contributions and innovation. Prominent examples include:…
Quick Tips for Crafting a Successful Work-From-Home Policy
ACCUR Recruiting Services has long been set up to accommodate remote work — that’s part of what allows us to serve many cities all over the world and coordinate fully…
Hiring in Miami Vs. NYC Metro: a Cost Comparison
We get this question quite frequently from companies planning to start hiring (or expand their hiring) in the United States: where is the best market to look for candidates, New…
When to Consider an RPO
In addition to offering our clients the typical retained or contingency executive recruiting services, ACCUR Recruiting Services is sometimes contacted to be an “RPO provider.” In this article, we want…
Fastest Growing Companies in South Florida
Recently, we looked at South Florida’s emergence as a tech renaissance. But it’s not just the tech sector that’s driving growth in the “sunshine state.” A hospitable climate for entrepreneurship…
Lab Grown Diamonds Reveal a New Facet of the Jewelry Business
Here at ACCUR Recruiting Services, we have a strong track record in placing executives in fine jewelry roles. We’ve recently been fielding more inquiries from the lab grown diamond field…
Why the Subscription Model is Everywhere in Business
“Subscription model” businesses are not new exactly. After all, people have been subscribing to newspapers and magazines for decades. Digital media and the decreasing price of storage have changed the…
Anatomy of the Sephora Retail Experience
Though retail is in a constant state of change (and we’re losing big retailers like Sears), there are plenty of companies innovating in this space. This is part 3 of…
How Luxury Watch & Fine Jewelry Companies are Courting Younger Consumers
While recruiting executives for high-end jewelry and watch companies, we know that the sales process for these companies is very specific and time-tested. Sales executives tap into well-established points of…
Great Visit to Cannes and the 2018 Duty Free and Travel Retail Summit
We had a great time in Cannes, France last week at the 2018 Duty Free and Travel Retail Summit organized by the TFWA. Interacting with valued clients and partners from around…
We’ll Be at the Duty Free & Travel Retail Global Summit
ACCUR Services is please to be attendance at the 2018 Duty Free and Travel Retail Summit organized by the TFWA in Cannes, France next week from Monday Oct 1-Friday Oct 5….