Chief Revenue Officer Vs. Sales Director: Which Do You Need?
A question that comes up frequently for us when working with high growth companies, especially in retail, is how to structure hires focused on sales and revenue, including the following…
Recruiting Board Members: How to Set Yourself Up for Success
While we most often do recruiting work for executive positions for companies in consumer packaged goods, luxury, cosmetics, hospitality, and other industries, from time to time we are asked to…
August Jobs Report
In August, employers added 315,000 jobs, which represented a cooling of hiring against fears of an economic slow-down. At the same time, the economic and jobs recovery seems to be…
Hiring For Fast-Growth, Private-Equity Backed Companies: What We Look For
Recently, we’ve been fielding more frequent hiring requests from private equity backed companies in industries like beauty, jewelry, sporting goods and other key consumer industries. We thought it would be…
Employer Branding 101: How to Use it to Attract & Retain Top Talent
Despite fears of a looming recession, the job market remains tight. And while we find that compensation and flexible work policies are the biggest factor in attracting talented candidates, a…
July 2022 Jobs Report
The economy added half a million jobs in July, signaling another strong month of economic growth and recovery. This happened against a backdrop of surging inflation and rate hikes that…
The Great Renegotiation: Leveraging Talent Pools in a Tight Market
The labor market during the coronavirus pandemic recovery has coming roaring back, making an already-tight labor market even more tricky to navigate. This has led to a situation that many…
Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO): What is it and do you need it?
The particular challenges of this labor market, where hiring is strong and it’s difficult to find qualified candidates but there are also challenges around inflation and new demands for work-from-home…
June Jobs Report
June continued the trend of strong hiring with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting that total nonfarm payroll employment has risen by 372,000 in June. The unemployment rate remained…
Post-Pandemic Job Shifts in Luxury Retail
We recently looked at the way the pandemic has transformed the economy in numerous ways, including: Changing where and how people work Changing the type of skills needed as the…
Post-Pandemic Job Shift: How Are Patterns of Employment Changing?
The economic recovery over the past year has been remarkable: most sectors have recovered their pre-pandemic levels of employment and the unemployment rate is almost as low as it was…
ACCUR in the News Roundup
As employers adapt to a post-pandemic hiring landscape, ACCUR Recruiting Services has been called on to comment on the world of recruiting in a tight labor market. Here are our…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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 Executive Search firms and Professional Search firms for the year…
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…
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…