Employment Staffing Blog

Economic uncertainty defines 2025-2026 business planning, but Utah’s strong economy—ranking third in employment growth and boasting a 3.4% unemployment rate—offers unique opportunities. This article explores the 2026 hiring landscape, where time-to-hire has stretched to 44 days while top candidates vanish in 10. Utah companies face intense competition for talent, making partnerships with recruiting firms essential for market intelligence and faster hiring.
Key strategies include frequent forecasting, prioritizing skills over credentials, accelerating processes, and building flexible models like contract-to-hire. As a leading Salt Lake City search firm, PrincePerelson & Associates provides strategic counsel for executive roles and beyond. Thrive in uncertainty by planning smartly today.

In Utah’s fast-paced labor market, traditional hiring methods are giving way to skills-based approaches that prioritize what candidates can actually do over degrees and pedigrees. This shift is essential for companies in tech, manufacturing, healthcare, and finance facing talent shortages and remote competition. By focusing on core competencies like data analysis, project management, and strategic thinking, businesses can expand their candidate pools, hire faster, and build more adaptable teams. As trends like digital fluency and non-linear career paths accelerate into 2026, partnering with local experts like PrincePerelson & Associates ensures successful implementation, turning hiring challenges into competitive advantages.

Utah’s economy continues to grow at a faster rate than the national average, with technology innovations from Silicon Slopes and growth in manufacturing and distribution industries across the state. For many high-growth Utah...

AI and automation can help to promise hiring will be quick and easy, but machines will never be able to replace human intuition and expertise. In recruiting, technology is changing the game for talent acquisition teams. But for organizations that struggle to hire or retain the right people without a large in-house department, enlisting a recruiting vendor such as PrincePerelson & Associates can be a smarter, more scalable solution.

Choosing the right IT staffing agency in Utah can make or break your tech team’s growth. This comprehensive guide reveals the key differences between strategic partners and transactional vendors, critical red flags to avoid, and proven evaluation criteria used by Silicon Slopes leaders.
With 90% of organizations impacted by the global IT skills shortage, learn how Prince Perelson & Associates delivers vetted AI, cybersecurity, DevOps, and cloud experts through deep technical vetting and unmatched local networks—consistently outperforming national generalists.
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Utah’s manufacturing industry is booming, but companies from Silicon Slopes to industrial innovators are facing growing challenges in attracting top manufacturing engineers, electrical engineers, production engineers, and...

Ask these 14 questions before hiring a Salt Lake City recruiting agency. Learn how to identify top recruiters and avoid costly hiring mistakes.

Utah’s small and mid-sized tech companies can win top talent by highlighting what big firms can’t—meaningful impact, rapid growth, flexible work, and authentic culture. Learn proven recruiting strategies that work.

You made what seemed like a great hire. Strong resume, impressive interview, glowing references. Six months later, they're gone—but not before damaging team morale, losing a key client, and setting your project timeline back by...

Your star performer just handed in their two-week notice. Again. If this scenario feels painfully familiar, you're not alone. Utah businesses are facing an unprecedented retention challenge, with voluntary turnover rates...