Five Major Benefits of Having a Diverse Workplace
Wonolo on Dec. 6, 2021
Workplace diversity has many immediate and tangible opportunities for you and your company, so it is important to understand what it is, how to foster it, and why it is so beneficial. What is Workplace Diversity? A diverse workplace employs [...]
Holiday Labor Survey
Lori Macias on Dec. 2, 2021
Companies Are Struggling to Find Holiday Help. What Are They Doing About It? In a recent survey of Wonolo’s customers, about two-thirds (66%) of the respondents reported that the current labor shortage is complicating efforts to find help for the [...]
How To Meet Gen Z’s Workplace Expectations
Wonolo on Dec. 1, 2021
Like the Millennials who came before them, the Gen Z cohort – which is starting to graduate from high school or college, and get their first adult jobs – have grown up with technology literally at their fingertips. This generation [...]
Tips for Businesses to Find Temporary Workers This Holiday Season
Monica Plaza on Nov. 30, 2021
The 2021 holiday season is already proving to be a challenging one for businesses. According to a Wonolo survey, as of early November 2021, approximately 61% of responding businesses expected a slight or dramatic increase in staffing demands this holiday [...]
In the Middle of the Great Resignation, Employers Are Rejecting Millions of Qualified Workers
Wonolo on Nov. 18, 2021
Problematic hiring software and bad job descriptions deserve a big chunk of the blame. A scroll through business media or even a stroll through your local downtown is enough to reveal just how desperate companies are to hire right now. [...]
More than half of workers believe they’re underpaid. Here’s why
Wonolo on Nov. 17, 2021
It’s a crazy labor market. Wages are increasing, job openings are exceeding candidate applications, and employees everywhere are quitting. Organizations are scrambling to figure out retention strategies that will actually work. PayScale recently released a fair pay impact report analyzing [...]
4 Issues Facing Blue-Collar Workers, and How Wonolo Is Working to Solve Them
Monica Plaza on Nov. 3, 2021
According to a recent report from Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA), there were 51.5 million contingent workers in the U.S. in 2020. Those workers represented 35 percent of the nation’s workforce and generated $1.3 trillion in revenue. This report was among [...]
Companies Are Paying $100,000 Sign-On Bonuses To Attract Workers
Wonolo on Nov. 2, 2021
According to GlobalData, a leading analytics company, “A supply crunch for talent has pushed companies to go the extra mile and offer sign-on bonuses that can extend to an impressive $100,000 for specialty jobs.” Once the restrictions were relaxed and [...]
If service sector employers ever want to see their workers again, they have to do more than raise wages. They’ll need to help people get ahead.
Wonolo on Oct. 27, 2021
Not so long ago, things were looking up for the hospitality industry. The robust introduction of vaccines caused the lifting of many COVID-19 related restrictions, and it seemed like the worst was over for America's restaurants, cafés, and bars. But [...]
