Cultural Fit: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and How to Find It A 2018 Korn Ferry survey of 1,100 hiring managers, cited in a recent Wall Street Journal article, found that an alluring company culture has become the most important factor in recruiting top talent in today’s candidate-driven job market. Employers eager to attract new talent have previously instituted incentives like office ping pong tables, free snacks, […] CATEGORIES Company Culture PUBLISHED October 8, 2019 AUTHOR Madison Troyer
Study Finds Remote Workers Are Happier and Less Likely to Leave Their Jobs In a candidate-driven job market, the benefit packages offered by employers are key factors in attracting and retaining top talent. Millennials, in particular, are looking for companies that offer more flexibility, independence, and choice. According to ForceBrands’ 2019 Talent Market Report, employers in the CPG industry are taking note of these preferences and adjusting accordingly. […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED October 1, 2019 AUTHOR Madison Troyer
Here’s Why New Hires Are Ghosting Employers On the First Day Last year, Steve Linder, the CEO of The WorkPlace Group was ghosted by a new hire. Calling it “complete job abandonment,” Linder and his team called, texted, and e-mailed the would-be employee before eventually sending them a formal letter terminating the employment. A little more than a year later, it happened again. While flaking on […] CATEGORIES Career Advice PUBLISHED September 24, 2019 AUTHOR Madison Troyer
Life @ Force: What’s It Like Being a ForceBrands Recruiter? Life @ Force is an editorial series designed to capture what it’s like to work at ForceBrands. Get an inside look at the consumer product industry’s leading recruiting firm. ForceBrands is the leading recruiting firm for consumer brands that connects growing companies with world-class talent. The force behind the hiring process — the stewards who […] CATEGORIES Company Culture PUBLISHED September 19, 2019 AUTHOR Polina Meshkova
How Millennials Are Changing the CPG Industry According to the Pew Research Center, millennials are poised to overtake baby boomers as the largest living adult generation sometime in 2019. By 2020, this group, which will then be in their prime spending years, will have a collective spending power of $1.4 trillion — a number that nearly every industry has noted. Born between […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED September 17, 2019 AUTHOR Madison Troyer
Expo East 2019: Everything You Need to Know Before You Go Natural Products Expo East is the world’s largest industry trade show and business conference for natural, organic, and health products. Now in its 34th year, the trade show has grown tremendously from its humble beginnings. Expo East 2019 is slated to take place September 11-14 in Baltimore, Md., and will host 1,300 exhibitors representing more […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED September 10, 2019 AUTHOR Madison Troyer
LinkedIn Reveals Top 50 Hottest Startups to Work for in 2019 Connecting more than 645 million global professionals, networking platform LinkedIn just revealed its third annual ranking of top startups. The company’s editors and data scientists leveraged data from actions generated by millions of LinkedIn members to identify emerging companies that “are growing massively, scrambling industries, shifting talent flows around the world and, often, altering how […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED September 4, 2019 AUTHOR Rebecca Fryer
How More Single Women in the Workforce Than Ever Before Are Changing the US Economy There’s power in numbers; recent statistics show that there are more single women in the workforce than ever before and they’re having a powerful impact on the U.S. economy. Working women contribute more than $7 trillion to the U.S. economy. According to research by Morgan Stanley using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, by […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED September 4, 2019 AUTHOR Rebecca Fryer
5 Tips for Executive Directors On Leading Boards In 2017, Harvard Business Review published research showing that meetings have increased in length and frequency over the past 50 years. While meetings are certainly a necessary part of running any business or organization, 54 percent of today’s workforce reports that the average 23 hours a week of meetings they attend are too frequent, poorly […] CATEGORIES Career Advice PUBLISHED August 28, 2019 AUTHOR Madison Troyer
5 LinkedIn Communities to Join for Career Inspiration LinkedIn is often regarded as the best social media platform for professionals. According to Hootsuite, two professionals join LinkedIn each second. And as of early 2019, 154 million U.S. workers had active profiles. Still, many of us are underutilizing the platform. While it serves as an online résumé and networking tool, its value goes well […] CATEGORIES Career Advice PUBLISHED August 27, 2019 AUTHOR Madison Troyer
Life @ Force: Here’s What It’s Like Joining the ForceBrands Team Life @ Force is an editorial series designed to capture what it’s like to work at ForceBrands. Get an inside look at the consumer product industry’s leading recruiting firm. Starting a new job can be stressful, no matter the position, responsibilities, or company. From meeting new coworkers, navigating a new office space, to building strong […] CATEGORIES Company Culture PUBLISHED August 20, 2019 AUTHOR Polina Meshkova
Get #EXPOsed: Share Your Team’s Unique Culture ForceBrands’ culture exposure campaign is returning to the world’s largest industry trade show for natural, organic, and healthy products. Ready to show us what you’re working with? Ready to get #EXPOsed? ForceBrands, the consumer product industry’s leading recruiting firm, wants to feature you and your brand during Natural Products Expo East, in Baltimore on September […] CATEGORIES Company Culture PUBLISHED August 16, 2019 AUTHOR Rebecca Fryer