As Utah companies chart their course through expanding industries and ever-shifting economic tides, few strategic decisions prove more consequential than how they approach staffing. The ability to adjust workforce size and skill...
Do you have a college degree? If you don’t, you are not alone. While higher education has long been a trusted path to a high-paying career, recent trends in the job market and employment data suggest that a bachelor’s degree may...
Great leaders produce great outcomes. Unfortunately, natural-born leaders are few and far between, and competition to hire these individuals is tight. Does that mean companies without one of these talented few at the helm are...
Raising the Bar: How Executive Search Strategies Elevate Utah’s Organizations When Salt Lake City’s fastest-growing fintech company faced declining growth after exiting its startup phase, all eyes turned to its leadership team....
Two weeks notice. Since the 1940s and 50s, two weeks has been the standard amount of time an employee should give their employer to hire a replacement. Meant to be a transition or hand-off period, those two weeks are supposed to...
Customer demand for your product is growing, and business is booming. While it is an exciting accomplishment, you notice that your team is struggling to keep up. The pressure in the office is becoming palpable. Every person...
In a stack of resumes, which candidate stands out? The one with the skills to do the job. End of story, right? Not quite. While you are wise to eliminate candidates who cannot perform essential tasks, evaluating applicants on...
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,1 unemployment rates nationwide have been hovering at remarkably low levels since January 2022. Low unemployment typically means there is less competition in the job market. However,...
Following the pandemic, the manufacturing industry experienced its most significant decline in output since World War II, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics1. That’s not very surprising when you consider that millions...
Salary benchmarking, also known as compensation benchmarking, is a strategy businesses use to evaluate how their compensation stacks up against similar companies. Benchmarking compares the compensation and benefits that...