Orion Insights for Employers, Managers, and HR and TA Leadership

When your staff lacks a key skill for the completion of a project, you have a few options. The first is to run, screaming, from the building into the nearest wooded area and never return.

Ghouls, goblins, and ghosts! It’s that spooky time of the year when children and adults alike don a new and often scary persona to earn tricks or treats. You may open your door tonight to a few ghosts, and, at Orion, that’s where we like them -- at your door, not in your recruiting process.

Twenty years have passed since Andy Pero and Shane Bishop, Account Executives at Orion Talent and Service Academy graduates, began their post-military careers at Orion. During that time, Andy and Shane have helped at least 400 companies hire more than 2,000 veterans, and have gleaned some valuable best practices. We are excited to share their insight in our new e-book, “1999-2009: Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Military Hiring.”

In the age of ghosting, social media reviews, and low unemployment rates, the interview process has become far more than a series of questions you ask a candidate. Whether it be a screening or selection interview, by phone, video, or in person, the candidate experience throughout the process is paramount.

The newly released Global Employment - 2Q 2019 report from Orion Novotus and HRO Today Magazine reveals a global economy that is expected to expand, but less than previous years. The report is designed to provide global labor market intelligence employers can use to inform critical decisions.

Ninety percent of all data stored on servers today within data centers has been created in the last few years. As we enter the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the data center industry is one of the fastest growing in America today. According to the report Data Centers: Global Industry Outlook & Forecast 2018-2023, “the increasing focus in the adoption of advanced technologies such as cloud-based services and IoT will augment the growth of the global data center market.” This growth is well illustrated in Virginia, where Loudon County Economic Development reports planned projects to add 4.5 million square feet of new data center flooring to its nearly 13.5 million square feet currently in operation.

If you listen to the news at all, you have undoubtedly heard the dreaded R-word being used. There is much debate about whether the US economy is, in fact, entering a recession or if it is all talk. The fact remains, however, that there are increasing predictions that we will enter one by 2021. According to the National Association for Business Economics August 2019 Economic Policy Survey, respondents anticipating a recession will begin in 2021 has increased from 25% in February to 34% in August.

If you are in the manufacturing industry, you have undoubtedly experienced the technical skills crunch. As workers retire and less people attend technical schools, it can be hard to fill open positions. In his article for The Association of Manufacturing Technology, Orion Talent VP of Client Solutions Steve Casey writes that hiring veterans is the solution.

Writing for Recruiting Daily, Orion Talent CEO Mike Starich discusses whether, in a tight recruiting environment, it is wise for companies to relax their hiring criteria. In “Hire Like It is 2019”, Mike lays out four ways companies can go about finding the right balance of relaxed qualifications, while maintaining sourcing and screening best practices.

In his latest article, Orion Talent CEO Mike Starich writes about the five ways middle market firms can stanch the loss of talent to larger organizations. “Stop the Brain Drain: Retaining Middle Market Talent”, written for The National Center for the Middle Market, explores how, despite possible disadvantages like lean talent acquisition teams or less sophisticated ATS platforms in comparison to larger firms, middle market companies can leverage their strengths, speed and flexibility, and retain talent.

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