Now Hiring: A Newsletter About Staffing, Recruiting, and Talent

Hi there,

Welcome back to “Now Hiring: A Newsletter About Staffing, Recruiting, and Talent”—we hope you enjoyed the first edition. 

We’re very excited to bring you the second round of the biggest stories over the past month. 

Let’s go. 

🤖 How Bot All That Money

Annual pay for the 50 highest-paying AI job openings in April ranged from $312,499 to $680,004, according to an analysis by AI solutions provider Veritone. 

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🎓 Welcome To the Workforce, Class of 2024

More than half (55%) of employers plan to hire recent college grads, according to new data from an Express Employment Professionals-Harris Poll survey. This continues a positive trend over the past few years.

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📈 Chief HR Officers Expect More Hiring 

The Conference Board CHRO Confidence Index found that 41% of CHROs expect to increase their hiring over the next six months, up from 36% in a survey for the first quarter of 2024.

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💻 Big Tech, Big Hiring in India 

Active job openings at FAAMNG companies—Facebook (Meta), Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, and Google (Alphabet)—are seeing a surge in recent months in India, following a challenging period of mass global layoffs and a tough business environment.

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🧭 How To Navigate the Current Tech Talent Shortage 

As technology and tech talent continue to be more and more critical to business performance, addressing challenges related to attraction and retention are likely to become more urgent.

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BY THE NUMBERS

🏥 81%. The percentage of nurses who rated regular merit increases as the most important factor for job satisfaction.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

🎙️We launched the first season of “Now Hiring: A Podcast About Staffing, Recruiting, and Talent.” You can check out the episodes on Spotify and YouTube. Enjoy! 

Thanks for reading! What did you think? What would you like us to include in future editions? Feel free to provide feedback to editor-in-chief Steve Vittorioso at [email protected]. We always love hearing from industry leaders and practitioners like you.