By: Bill Wednieski If you keep up on the current job market and economic news, you’d be aware of the dizzying swirl of opinions and trends, plus industry winners and losers. On the one hand, big tech companies like Microsoft, Google, Twitter, Amazon, Salesforce, and plenty of others just laid off a few hundred thousand […]
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By: Bill Wednieski Cannabis is getting crushed. In the investing world a bear market is defined as a prolonged period of depressed pricing. Bear markets come about in weak or softening economies. The cannabis industry in general is currently in this predicament, and acutely so in Michigan. The good news about being a recruiter, CPA, […]
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By: Bill Wednieski Last March I was reading in Crain’s Detroit Business that the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) was conducting an executive search for its next CEO using the large national firm Korn Ferry. This really irked me. The very core principle of the MEDC is to drive Michigan economic activity, and no less […]
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By: Bill Wednieski A notable personal observation and trend has emerged over the past year. Record inflation is not news. Candidates switching jobs and locking up generous compensation offers is likewise not news. What feels like news to me (and what is not talked about enough, by the way) is the loyal hiring managers hiring […]
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By: Bill Wednieski It is not a new headline that the United States experienced seven percent inflation in 2021 – the highest inflation 40 years. What has this inflation meant in the job market? Going Backward If you’re an employee not earning seven percent more at the end of 2021 than the start of 2021, […]
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By: Bill Wednieski As a recruiting firm we are always on the hunt for talented candidates. It is no secret that today qualified candidates are very difficult to come by. We recently tapped into a new and very narrow class of candidates I never could have fathomed, further narrowing the talent pool according to many […]
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By: Bill Wednieski I frequently write about cannabis and the work our firm The Headhunters, LLC does in this space. I love this industry and what’s not to love? Legitimate cannabis jobs are on fire with how fast they are growing, and no other industry has so many unique characters. Still, the industry needs some […]
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By: Bill Wednieski I’ve had the very recent firsthand experience of working with candidates at polar opposite ends of the vaccination spectrum. First, I was working with a very bright young lady that told me about a “deal breaker” on mask or vaccine mandates. I asked her to clarify, and she told me she was […]
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By: Bill Wednieski Lose the Stigma For a Growing and Legal Industry As of February 2021, more than half of U.S. states have legalized cannabis or marijuana sales either through passed legislation or voter-led initiatives. In general, first comes legalized medical cannabis sales to patients followed by adult use or recreational sales of cannabis. Cannabis […]
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By Ryan Clark What a change 2020 brought to the U.S. job market! During the span of just a few months, most states in the U.S. went from historically low unemployment rates in February 2020 to historically high unemployment rates by April 2020. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Michigan’s unemployment rate soared […]
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