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Construction is booming, so it stands to reason that about 23% of the new jobs for engineers that will be created through 2026 are projected to be for civil engineers. These openings are in part due to an aging workforce, a lack of skilled talent, and the Great Resignation.

In their recent Recruiting Daily article, Recruiting Hourly Workers in ‘Crazy Town’, former Orion Talent CEO Mike Starich and Director of Talent Acquisition Rachel Ward explore the hourly worker shortage.

What a difference a year makes. In October 2020, we were seven months into the COVID-19 pandemic and had made countless adjustments to the way in which we conduct our personal and professional lives.

“Not recruiting is the best recruiting.” That memorable quote helped kick off the fall meeting of Orion Talent’s CHRO Roundtable—a group of senior HR leaders and friends of Orion who gather every few months to share HR, talent acquisition, and workforce management best practices.

What do Transylvania, nuts and bolts, bandages, and sewers have to do with talent acquisition? Not much, unless you are part of a recruiting horror story!

Recruiting top tech talent is tough. Candidates with the right skills get scooped up fast, and many never even go on the market.

According to this Wall Street Journal article, IT budgets next year are expected to rise at the fastest rate in more than 10 years as businesses invest in technologies that give their organizations greater flexibility.

Finding the most qualified candidate for a position can be a long, intricate process, where recruiters sift through hundreds of resumes looking for just the right mix of technical and soft skills to match a specific role.

According to this article by Danny Palmer in ZDNet, CTOs are experiencing a skills shortage when looking for cybersecurity talent.

Learn about how finance departments are organized and understand what your structure for your business should look like.

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