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Improve Employee Benefits: 4 Ways
Are Your Employee Benefits Keeping Up With Today’s Workforce? According to SHRM’s 2025 Employee Benefits Survey, 81% of employers are investing in retirement savings and planning…but this is just the starting point in a rapidly changing benefits landscape. With economic uncertainty, disruptive technologies, and evolving workforce demographics, the question for every business leader is: Are your benefits truly aligned with what employees want today? Why Updating Benefits to Match Employee Needs Matters Modern employees, especially those who belong to Gen Z, expect …
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Boost Retention: 10 Ways
10 Ways to Boost Employee Retention What’s the number one way to maximize your recruitment strategy? If you already have talented people within your ranks, your first step should be to look within your organization. Retaining existing employees costs the least and keeps knowledge within your organization, making it a win-win for employers and employees. Today we’ll share the top 10 ways to boost employee retention and keep valuable employees in your company. 10 Ways to Increase Employee Retention Rates …
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Upskilling for Job Gaps: 2025 Stats
The Search for Qualified Talent Sparks a Need With finding the most qualified talent on top of mind for organizations, hiring from outside is a common solution to fill open roles. But hiring managers are encountering increasing difficulties each time they post a new job position online. A flood of AI applications and underqualified candidates make it difficult for managers to find the truly qualified candidates. On top of this, hiring from without takes time and costs money, two commodities …
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Employee Attrition: 3 Preventable Reasons
More than One Third of Quits Are Preventable Did you know that one-third of voluntary quits happen due to completely preventable issues? Figuring out the top reasons why employees leave on their own volition can help employers know what to avoid. In turn, they can create the very best work environment where employee turnover rates are minimized as much as possible. Specifically, you can attribute one-third of voluntary exits to three core issues: Taking data from organizations like Work Institute …
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Elevate Your Company Brand: 5 Ways
5 Ways to Instantly Elevate Your Company Brand A positive brand image is a company’s lifeline in the digital age. In every facet of running a business, reputation and image mean everything, whether you want to recruit new talent or generate more revenue. In fact, improving brand image is one of the top HR Trends through augmenting the candidate experience and company culture on a holistic scale. Therefore, building a reputation built on great brand values is part of a …
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62% of US Job Seekers: Surprising Fact
62% of Job Seekers Won’t Do This A recent survey by Express Employment Professionals-Harris Poll reveals that 62% of U.S. job seekers would think about not applying to companies that use generative AI during the hiring process. These findings reveal how important it is to keep human discernment at the forefront of your recruitment process to not miss out on key talent. What the Findings Mean These findings underscore a significant hesitation among candidates regarding the increased use of artificial …
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Top 10 Recruiting Challenges 2025
Top Recruiting Challenges in 2025 The process of sourcing candidates in 2025 has certainly been full of changes, and we’re not even halfway through the year. The landscape has been shaped by rapidly evolving technological advancements, shifting workforce expectations, and persistent economic uncertainty, creating a variety of unique challenges for recruiters and hiring managers. What are the most pressing concerns for talent acquisition professionals this year? At Corporate Navigators, we are always interested in staying on top of trends so …
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Leadership Development Plan: Build Superstars
How to Build Future Superstar Leaders It’s no secret that raising existing employee through leadership training is the most cost effective way to obtain strong leaders, especially if you want someone to carry legacy knowledge for years to come. However, this plan requires a solid leadership develop program and a conscious effort to mentoring and raising team members to become future effective leaders. Mitch Golob, president and founder of Corporate Navigators, reflects on the value of building strong leadership within …
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The Top 10 HR Trends of 2025
Top 10 HR Trends What HR Trends are shaping the workforce in 2025? At Corporate Navigators, we did some research to discover the common changes sweeping the professional world. As employer and candidate expectations continue to evolve, you can be sure that these trends will continue to change throughout the year. 1. Skills-Based Hiring Dominance While college education still has value, more employers want to hire based on skills than a diploma. Therefore, prioritizing capabilities over credentials is accelerating, with …
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Deepfake Job Candidates
Fake Job Candidates: A Growing Threat in Recruitment How easy is it for a company to mistakenly hire a North Korean spy among its sea of job applicants? Well, according to the FBI, easier than you think. Hiring a fake candidate has happened to more than 300 companies, including Fortune 500 ones. With deepfake technology, artificial intelligence, and other deceptive measures like IP Spoofing, fake candidates can pass job interviews when the interviewer isn’t aware of common red flags. The …
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Poor Candidate Experience Costs
The Hidden Costs of a Poor Candidate Experience Not too long ago, we published an article that explained why offering a positive candidate journey is so important. From initial contact to completing the job interview process to onboarding, the entire hiring process has a direct impact on both the candidate and the employer. While providing a positive candidate experience delivers benefits such as increased employee retention and loyalty, a negative candidate experience does the opposite. In fact, a negative candidate …
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Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady
The Fed Decides to Hold Interest Rates Steady On March 19, 2025, the Federal Reserve decided to maintain interest rates at their current level of 4.25% to 4.5%. This reflects a cautious approach amidst economic uncertainty. In a press release, Chair Jerome Powell emphasized the complex interplay of factors influencing the economic outlook, including trade, immigration, fiscal policy, and regulation. Despite typically responding to declining consumer sentiment and slowing growth with rate cuts, the Fed is constrained by inflation remaining above …
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The 10 Best Soft Skills for Workplaces
The Best Workplace Soft Skills for Professionals Hard skills and soft skills are two distinct categories of abilities that play important roles in the workplace. While hard skills (aka technical skills) are measurable, job-specific abilities, soft skills are interpersonal traits or behavioral characteristics that relate to a person’s ability to work effectively with others and adapt to various situations. Important soft skills include communication prowess, teamwork, adaptability, and problem-solving, which are transferable across different jobs and industries. If you need …
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What is an ATS?
What is an Applicant Tracking System (ATS)? An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is software that helps organizations manage the recruitment process. It saves teams and hiring managers time by automating various stages of hiring, from posting job openings to processing applications, screening resumes, and managing communication with candidates. It functions similarly to a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) in that it organizes data and uses artificial intelligence (AI) as support, but is more recruitment-focused. These systems are designed to simplify and …
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Top 7 Job Description Mistakes
Top 7 Mistakes Employers Make when Writing Job Descriptions “If you build it; they will come.” That famous line from Field of Dreams points to an ever-present truth: the right environment will attract the right people. Likewise, when it comes to job descriptions, writing them correctly matters… and the outcome can attract or deflect qualified talent. Too often, companies can make a some common mistakes that result in attracting the wrong candidates. By failing to clearly communicate job expectations or …
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Can You Rely on a Resume?
Can You Rely on a Resume? Is the Classic Resume Losing Its Footing in the Modern Job Market? In the business world, your team is your greatest asset, and hiring the right people is paramount to success. You need more than just a warm body to fill a role too. You need the right person – someone whose skills, experience, and even personality align with your company’s needs and culture. But how do you find that perfect fit? The key …
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4-Day Work Week: Upcoming Trend?
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Tiktok Helps Gen Z Find Jobs
Almost Half of Gen Z Landing Jobs through TikTok Is social media like TikTok the stomping grounds for young career seekers? The latest data from Zety® and other studies say yes. Zety®, a career service focused on helping individuals enhance their resumes and cover letters, has recently unveiled its 2025 Gen Z Career Trends Report. This comprehensive survey, conducted with nearly 900 Gen Z workers, explores how social media—particularly TikTok—is influencing career choices and job search tactics for the generation …
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US City with Most Remote Work?
Identifying the City with the Most Remote Employees Recently, we discovered a remarkable article from Visual Capitalist. It provides a visual breakdown of remote workers across U.S. cities, shedding light on where most remote jobs are concentrated. From California to New York, various metro areas contain a significant amount of remote workers, in spite of the recent RTO trend. Therefore, we thought it would be helpful to share this data to assist anyone interested in recruiting top talent. Working from …
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DeepSeek Disrupts the AI World
DeepSeek: The Friendly Blue Whale Disrupts the World of AI Who’d ever thought that a friendly blue whale would rock the boat? A newcomer in the world of artificial intelligence has made quite the entrance, with large language model’s DeepSeek’s meteoric rise to prominence. Its low cost paired with functionality that rivals more expensive AI models has sparked a new fervor in the world of AI. This intrusion has not only shaken up the tech world but also sparked significant …
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