Uncertainty reigns.
It’s hard to find a single person alive who has not been affected in some way by the COVID pandemic.
Changes that may have taken years if not decades have accelerated faster than they would have without the pandemic — virtual interviewing, virtual onboarding, virtual workplaces all accelerated & normalized…for the time being.
Surge hiring, retention, internal movement, automation/AI, shifting labor markets, healthcare crises, burnout, forced return to the office, extreme shortages, work & life blended together, work anywhere, recession fears and, of course, adding ‘quiet’ as an explanation to everything from hiring to resignations is still top of mind as the largest gap between available jobs and qualified workers grows to historic numbers.
2020’S Milestones:
- 2020 – COVID-19 Pandemic: Lockdowns, shutdowns, and tens of millions ‘furloughed’.1
- 2020 – Social Unrest explodes with BLM and George Floyd: Recognition that DE&I is in need of new solutions.2
- 2020 – COVID-Related Tax Relief Act and economic impact payments passed.3
- 2020 – Recruitersrecruitingrecruiters.com launched during COVID-19 crisis.4
- 2020 – Women leave the workforce at twice the rate of men.5
- 2020 – SEC requires Human Capital metrics be included in quarterly filings.6
- 2021 – Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act becomes law.7
- 2021 – Post Pandemic Return to Normal is an ongoing debate.8
- 2021 – Post Pandemic recovery disrupts the labor market further and there is a recruiter shortage.9
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