BountyJobs Bites
Employee Loyalty on the Downturn
The Numbers:
- 43% of workers would leave their job for a 10% increase
- That percentage is an increase from 2015 which was 23%
- Poor culture is chief reason for declining loyalty
- The Source: TINYpulse
Digital Disconnect Hurts Productivity
The Numbers:
- 89% of respondents feel that disjointed digital communication ‘tanks employee morale, lowers productivity, and impacts customer satisfaction and the bottom line’
- The Source: RingCentral
‘Spatial Mismatch’ Negatively Impacting Applicants in Major Cities
The Numbers:
- Job listings outnumbered available job seekers in zip codes in 12 out of 16 cities analyzed
- The cities which the greatest percentage of open jobs that far outnumber available workers were Boston, New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, and Minneapolis.
- 3 miles is the farthest reasonable distance that workers could live from the center of each zip code to work a job there
- The Source: Urban Institute
BountyJobs Reports: 2018 in Talent Acquisition and the 2019 Impact
The Numbers:
- 59% of recruiters today are experiencing challenges in finding key candidates more so than it was even just a year ago
- 70%of job seekers find that it’s easier to find a job now than it was five years ago
- 74% of employers looking to expand headcount in 2019 (up from 65% in 2018)
Gig Workers Comprise Large Percentage of Workforce
The Numbers:
- 20% of the labor force at almost 60% of U.S. and U.K. companies are gig workers
- More than 60% of organizations expect their share of contract labor to grow over the next five years
- The Source: North Highland
Most Workers Required to Have On-the-Job Training
The Numbers:
- 8% of civilian workers in 2018 were required to undergo on-the-job training
- 34 days was the average length of the training
- 47% of workers were required to have prior work experience
- 33% of workers were required to have completed pre-employment training
- The Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Gig Workers Hourly Average and Top Rated Categories
The Numbers:
- Gig workers average $14.54 per hour
- Warehouse jobs are in top demand as well as customer service and merchandising
- Source: Wonolo
