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Healthcare Workers Being Shuffled to COVID-19 Hot Zones
The Numbers:
- Demand is high for healthcare workers with experience working with critical care patients
- “Literally, what we’re doing right now is moving people from all around the country into hot zone areas,” said Shane Jackson, president of Jackson Healthcare, about the Covid-19 situation.
U.S. Unemployment Could Reach Over 30% in Q2
The Numbers:
- In Q2 2020, the U.S. may reach more than 30% unemployment due to the economic slowdown due to COVID-19
- This correlates to 52.81 million unemployed people in Q2 with about 47 million workers being laid off during that time period
- Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St.Louis
Walmart Testing Employee Temperatures
The Numbers:
- Temperature checks and basic health screening questions are being adopted before employee shifts begin
- Infrared thermometers will take about three weeks to distribute to all Walmart stores and facilities
- Source: Walmart
BountyJobs Reports: Hiring During COVID-19
The Numbers:
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Hiring Freezes Most Common Lever for Cost Control During COVID-19
The Numbers:
- More than 4 in 10 North American employers have implemented a hiring freeze or have reduced hiring due to COVID-19
- 28% will or are considering doing the same
- 1 in 5 companies have reduced or eliminated hiring season workers
- Source: Willis Towers Watson
Several Financial Institutions Pledge No Job Cuts in 2020
The Numbers:
- Morgan Stanley, Citi, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America have said they will maintain staffing levels throughout COVID-19
- HSBC and Deutsche Bank have put planned layoffs on hold
- Source: Various
Lidl Hiring to Meet Demands
The Numbers:
- Lidl plans to hire up to 1,000 temporary workers in its stores and distribution centers ‘for a minimum of two months’ due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Source: Lidl
Walmart Shortens Hiring Process to ‘as little as 24 hours’
The Numbers:
- Where hiring usually took two weeks, Walmart has shortened the process for hiring store associates to around 24 hours
- This change will help the company reach their goal to hire 150,000 new associates by the end of May
- 25,000 associates were hired in less than a week after announcing the hiring initiative
- Source: Walmart
IT Staffing Impacted by COVID-19
The Numbers:
- Many clients in the IT staffing sector need consultants to work from home, impacting the industry
- Reductions in demand and clients taking longer to pay are two trends being seen
- Source: TechServe Alliance
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Jump to 6.6 Million
The Numbers:
- The week ending March 28 saw an increase to more than 6.6 million initial jobless claims
- This doubles the prior week’s revised level of 3.3 million
- Only 211,000 initial claims were made during this time last year
- This 6.6 million is the highest level of initial unemployment claims in the history of the Department of Labor’s tracking
- Source: U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Loses 27K Jobs in March
The Numbers:
- The U.S. lost 27,000 private-sector jobs in March
- However, this data is only through March 12th so does not accurately reflect the impact of COVID-19 on employment
- Source: ADP National Employment Report
