{"id":3089,"date":"2014-12-03T15:32:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T21:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emersongroupinc.com\/?p=3089"},"modified":"2025-03-15T15:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T20:34:30","slug":"bill-emerson-lends-expertise-on-cautious-employers-for-courier-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emersongroupinc.com\/bill-emerson-lends-expertise-on-cautious-employers-for-courier-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Emerson Lends Expertise On Cautious Employers For Courier Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

BILL EMERSON LENDS EXPERTISE ON\u00a0CAUTIOUS EMPLOYERS FOR COURIER POST\u2019S SUNDAY EDITION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Emerson Group\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0President, Bill Emerson, provided his perspective on the topic of cautious hiring practices by employers in a Sunday, November 30th<\/sup>\u00a0Courier Post\u00a0<\/a>article called \u201cBack to Work, But not Normal\u201d.\u00a0His comments were part of a larger topic regarding the challenges faced post-recession by the long-term unemployed. Below you will find Bill\u2019s view, or to read the entire article, please\u00a0(click here)<\/a><\/p>\n

Cautious employers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bill Emerson<\/a>\u00a0had an abundance of great candidates in 2011, but not so many employers looking to hire.<\/em><\/p>\n

He is CEO of the Emerson Group in Cherry Hill, a staffing and recruiting firm for employers since 1971.<\/em><\/p>\n

Three years ago, companies were hesitant to bring on workers full-time. The trend shifted toward temp-to-hire, with employers taking on workers for a short period of time before deciding whether to add them to the payroll.<\/em><\/p>\n

Today, in a slowly emerging economy, employers are showing more confidence.\"\"<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are extremely busy with consistent growth in direct-to-hire,\u201d Emerson said. \u201cWe also are seeing candidates being hired quicker.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Although wages remain stagnant, Emerson can attest to a loosening of the purse strings for the most talented workers, especially in IT, health care, law and insurance.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe top candidates are getting back in the driver\u2019s seat,\u201d he added. \u201cEmployers are getting creative with signing bonuses.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Still, positions in middle management eliminated during the recession are not being refilled. And it\u2019s a tough sell persuading employers to consider workers who have been jobless for more than a year, unless they have gone back to school.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThey ask, \u2018If they are that good, why are they out so long?\u2019 \u201d Emerson explained.<\/em><\/p>\n

Three years ago, workers concerned with job security tended to stick with their current employers. These days, Emerson sees more activity among people willing to change jobs.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are seeing people who already are employed being head-hunted. They are more willing to go from one company to the next.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Despite growth in the economy, employers are choosy, requesting two or three qualified candidates for each position. With more job seekers than jobs, Emerson can readily comply.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe still have more than one good candidate for every position that comes our way.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BILL EMERSON LENDS EXPERTISE ON\u00a0CAUTIOUS EMPLOYERS FOR COURIER POST\u2019S SUNDAY EDITION Emerson Group\u2019s\u00a0President, Bill Emerson, provided his perspective on the topic of cautious hiring practices by employers in a Sunday, November 30th\u00a0Courier Post\u00a0article called \u201cBack to Work, But not Normal\u201d.\u00a0His comments were part of a larger topic regarding the challenges faced post-recession by the long-term […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-presidents-corner","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emersongroupinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emersongroupinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emersongroupinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emersongroupinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emersongroupinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emersongroupinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emersongroupinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emersongroupinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emersongroupinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}