Human Capital Briefs
2020
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Building Reputation During the Pandemic Dictates Employees First
June 16 | Kirk Stewart, Senior Fellow, The Conference Board Marketing & Communications Center | Comments (0)During the global pandemic, how business manages its employee experience has become the most important driver of overall corporate and brand reputation.
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Small business hiring is recovering
May 20 | Gad Levanon, PhD, Former Vice President, Labor Markets, The Conference Board | Ben Cheng, Former Researcher, Economics Department, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Early signs from the HWOL data series suggest small employers are leading the ramp up in hiring as the economy begins to reopen.
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Corporate Purpose Becoming a Prerequisite for Recovery
May 11 | Jeff Pundyk, Senior Fellow, The Conference Board Marketing and Communications Center | Comments (0)Nothing can compensate for the human suffering, lives lost, and economic devastation resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet in the face of these challenging times, we are seeing the acceleration of two trends that could leave a positive mark on business and its role in society.
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From appliance repair to amusement parks, which goods and services will see the biggest drop in business?
April 27 | Gad Levanon, PhD, Former Vice President, Labor Markets, The Conference Board | Elizabeth Crofoot, Former Senior Economist, Committee for Economic Development, The Conference Board | Frank Steemers, Former Senior Economist, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Some of the catastrophic economic and labor market statistics from recent weeks are actually not that important. The bigger question is what happens when the economy opens. While businesses will reopen and millions will return to work, recovery is unlikely to be complete for quite a while. We discuss which consumption categories will see the biggest drop in business during the (slow) recovery.
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The first wave of COVID-19's impact on hiring
April 17 | Agron Nicaj, Associate Economist, The Conference Board | Comments (0)In the current economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, employers are laying off millions of workers and significantly cutting back on hiring new employees. Many businesses are no longer able to operate, or their operations have been limited, resulting in less demand for workers. The Conference Board®-Burning Glass® Help Wanted OnLine™ (HWOL) data series, collects millions of online job ads in real-time and classifies them by occupation, industry and location. This allows us to see which
