Top 3 Recruiting Challenges in Retail in 2021: How To Hire the Right Talent Right Now
What a difference a year has made. In the summer and fall of 2020, retailers were forced to go into semi-hibernation, shedding experienced staff and trying out new fulfillment options in an effort to stay afloat, through any means that they could. Now, as we enter the fall of 2021, consumers are thawing out and getting more and more comfortable returning to the stores they shopped at pre-pandemic. In fact, the National Retail Federation forecasts that retail sales will grow between 10.5% and 13.5% this year as the economy continues to accelerate its pace of recovery. But there’s a problem: Retailers can’t flip a switch and regain all of the qualified, experienced staff that they had before COVID-19. So how can you quickly and efficiently hire the right people to run your retail store so you’re ready for the back-to-school and holiday shopping rushes? In this article, we’ll look at the three biggest hiring challenges that retailers are facing in the wake of COVID-19, along with su...