{"id":2233,"date":"2010-01-13T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/01\/the-key-word-is-hiring\/"},"modified":"2010-01-13T18:39:25","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T00:39:25","slug":"the-key-word-is-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/01\/the-key-word-is-hiring\/","title":{"rendered":"The Key Word Is Hiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You don\u2019t have to look far to find disconcerting news about the present economy.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/business\/ci_14176415?source=rss\" target=\"_blank\">This AP story<\/a> from one of our local papers lays out numbers that paint a vivid picture (emphasis mine):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There were nearly 6.4 <strong>unemployed<\/strong> workers, on average, for each available job at the end of November, according to Labor Department data released Tuesday. That&#8217;s up from 6.1 in October, and a record high.<\/p>\n<p>There were 1.7 jobless people for each opening in December 2007, when the recession began.<\/p>\n<p>Job openings fell sharply to 2.42 million in November from 2.57 million in October, according to the department&#8217;s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.<\/p>\n<p>That may sound like a lot, given the depths of the recession, but it&#8217;s the lowest number of job openings since July and the second-lowest since the department began tracking the data in 2000. It&#8217;s also about half the peak level of 4.8 million, reached in June 2007.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It will turn as our economy is almost constantly in a state of expanding or contracting.\u00a0 The real issue on the horizon is retention as I have written about in the past.\u00a0 Hiring is the key.\u00a0 There are many salespeople today who are \u201ccorporate cocooning\u201d until hiring picks up again.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week I spoke to just such a salesperson.\u00a0 He is stuck in a development position where the company is eager to talk about supportive changes but reticent to act on them.\u00a0 He is simply performing in the role as best as he can with the internal company factors working against him.\u00a0 He basically said he is ready to leave once there are signs of expansion in the economy.<\/p>\n<p>There is probably a ratio in the above quoted article that flips the exit light on for salespeople.\u00a0 I won\u2019t hazard a guess, but I suspect it won\u2019t have to get back down to 1.7 jobless people for each opening to open the floodgates to job jumping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You don\u2019t have to look far to find disconcerting news about the present economy.\u00a0 This AP story from one of our local papers lays out numbers that paint a vivid picture (emphasis mine): There were nearly 6.4 unemployed workers, on average, for each available job at the end of November, according to Labor Department data released Tuesday. That&#8217;s up from 6.1 in October, and a record high. There were 1.7 jobless people for each opening in December 2007, when the recession began. Job openings fell sharply to 2.42 million in November from 2.57 million in October, according to the department&#8217;s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. That may sound like&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/01\/the-key-word-is-hiring\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[49,23,5],"tags":[1416,1748,1493,1766,38,1765],"class_list":["post-2233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-retention","category-trends","tag-corporate-cocooning","tag-hiring","tag-retain","tag-retention","tag-sales-hiring","tag-turnover"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-A1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2060,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/06\/5-to-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":2233,"position":0},"title":"5 to 1","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"That is the ratio of jobseekers for every advertised job opening in April of this year.\u00a0 The data comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics by way of the Career News newsletter (sorry, no link). \u2026there were 5.4 job hunters for every advertised opening in April. The Job Openings and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1196,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/09\/tough-hiring-data-to-spin\/","url_meta":{"origin":2233,"position":1},"title":"Tough Hiring Data To Spin","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"September 20, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Time to suspend the recession talk for one more week. From CNNMoney.com's Unemployment claims down: WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in seven weeks, an unexpected sign of improvement for the job market. The Labor Department reported Thursday\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1649,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/07\/online-ads-down-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":2233,"position":2},"title":"Online Ads Down Again","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 7, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm not sure the implications of this information, but Inc.com reported that the sheer number of online ads has decreased from last month and last year. The number of new jobs posted online in June was unchanged from May, marking the fourth straight month of year-over-year declines, the Conference Board\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":305,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/09\/us-bureau-of-labor-statistics-website\/","url_meta":{"origin":2233,"position":3},"title":"U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Website","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"September 15, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I had some fun bouncing around the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Website yesterday. Pretty dangerous for a numbers geek like me. You can imagine that I soon found myself knee-deep into numbers. As you probably know, we are spellbound by lists here at The Hire Sense\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1742,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/09\/return-of-middle-management\/","url_meta":{"origin":2233,"position":4},"title":"Return Of Middle Management?","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"September 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a trend I have not heard of recently (emphasis mine): The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports about 45 percent of U.S. job openings through 2014 will be in the hidden middle-level job sector, most of them technical jobs that cannot be outsourced. Mid-level means middle management, right?\u00a0 Ok,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2043,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/06\/the-pain-of-a-lagging-indicator\/","url_meta":{"origin":2233,"position":5},"title":"The Pain Of A Lagging Indicator","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Hiring, that is, and it appears that it is going to be an even rougher road over the back half of 2009.\u00a0 If you are in the recruiting, hiring, assessing business you are aware of this fact.\u00a0 9.4% unemployment is remarkable.\u00a0 From abcnews.com: The percentage of people without jobs in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2234,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233\/revisions\/2234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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