By the Numbers: March 27, 2020

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Soft skills training is the number 1 priority for more than 25% of HR and L&D professionals
Almost 50% rank it among their top three priorities
Almost 70% state the lack of time and resources gets in the way of soft skills training
Source: Talespin

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Walmart will hire 150K associates through the end of May to work in stores, clubs, distribution, and fulfillment centers
The roles are temporary with a potential chance to become regular positions
$365 million will be given in cash bonuses to hourly workers for their work during the pandemic
Source: Walmart

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CVS Health plans to fill 50,000 full-time, part-time, and temporary roles nationwide
Store associates, distribution center employees, customer service professionals, and home delivery driver positions are available
The hiring process will include virtual job fairs, virtual interviews, and virtual job tryouts
Source: CVS

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60% of U.S. employees are ‘confident that they can do their job efficiently while working remotely during the COVID-19 epidemic’
67% say they would ‘support a decision by their employer to move employees to indefinite remote-work status in response to COVID-19’
28% stated their employer ‘has done nothing in response to the disease’s spread’
Source: The Harris Poll/Glassdoor

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The additional 300,000 full-service independent contractor shoppers across North America will be hired to meet increasing demand over the next three months due to COVID-19
The past few weeks have been the busiest in the company’s history
Source: Instacart

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Average weekly pay for nurse jobs related to COVID-19 jumped to more than $3,000
Average weekly pay for registered nurses across the country was $1,700 in January
Some areas such as Washington state (90% increase) and California (60% increase) are seeing even larger increases
Source: NurseFly

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Healthcare staffing firms are seeing increased demand for staff amidst COVID-19
“We have definitely seen an uptick in crisis response style orders,” says April Hansen, executive VP of workforce solutions and clinical services at Aya Healthcare, a healthcare staffing provider headquartered in San Diego.
Source: Staffing Industry Review

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Weekly initial unemployment claims skyrocketed by approximately 3 million in the week ended March 21, an increase of 1,064%, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the US Department of Labor reported today citing seasonally adjusted numbers.
There were nearly 3.3 million initial claims in the week ended March 21. In the previous week, there were only 282,000.
The surge marks the highest-ever level of seasonally adjusted initial claims for unemployment insurance, according to Department of Labor data. The previous high in initial claims was 695,000 in October 1982.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor

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Source: LinkedIn

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Average daily job postings increased 35% in order to support the resources needed to battle the coronavirus
New York hospitals have called back retired nurses, doctors are reducing elective surgeries, and med school students can choose to graduate early to help
Source: LinkedIn

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General Motors is cutting the pay of its 69,000 workers by 20%, temporarily.
The company has pledged to pay it back with interest no later than March 15, 2021
Ford Motors announced that its top 300 executives will defer between 20% and 50% of their salaries for at least five months
Source: CNBC