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…
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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…
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…
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…
E-commerce Executive Recruiting: Important Trends for 2022
Over the past few years, the demand for talented e-commerce executives — whether for top marketing managers, directors of digital, social media gurus, chief growth officers or some other leader…
Strategies for Hiring Key Executive Roles in a Private Equity Backed Company
Private equity backed companies are a unique challenge to recruit for. On the one hand, these types of companies need executives with proven track records, on the other hand, even…
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…
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…
From e-Bikes to At-Home Exercise, Investors Eye Opportunity in Sports
2020 was a year that upended the sports market. New premium at-home exercise equipment took off while numerous adventurous souls ventured out into the great outdoors. Demand changes pushed supply…
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[New Poll] The Surprising Underpinnings of Return-to-Office Resistance
You want your employees to return to the office but many of them are highly resistant. But what’s really behind workers’ attachment to their work-from-home lifestyle, and how can they…
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…
Inside the Race to Build Profitable Businesses off the Amazon Ecosystem
If you spend time reading the business press, you may have heard of a company called Thrasio. This company acquires third party sellers on Amazon and scales them up into…
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….
The Fastest-Growing Areas of Innovation in Los Angeles
While Los Angeles has long been known as the epicenter of the entertainment industry, the hospitable climate and highly talented labor force has meant that LA is rapidly becoming a…
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…
How Companies are Incentivizing Returning to the Office
The rapid shift to remote work that was brought about by the pandemic naturally led many managers to question whether or not it was worth ever returning to the office….
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’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…
For Those in Sporting Goods, Opportunity Knocks
As we’ve seen in recent news, the coronavirus is disrupting many industries, but one where there is perhaps a lot of upside for enterprising companies is sporting goods, athleisure and…
11 Free or Low Cost Resources for Boosting Your Sales Skills
When you talk to top sales people you’ll notice something. Most — if not all — are lifelong learners. The best sales people are always open to finding a new…
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…
South Florida’s Tech Renaissance
The tech and startup scene nationally shows no sign of slowing down: across industries, there is a huge demand for innovative thinking and novel approaches to old problems in commerce….
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…