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Category: Workforce Strategy
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Holiday Season Workforce Planning — Retail, Healthcare, Logistics
The holiday workforce is the single largest annual labor event in the U.S. economy. Between October and January, retailers add approximately 900,000 seasonal workers, logistics and warehousing firms add 400,000, and healthcare systems increase staffing by 120,000 through a combination of seasonal…
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Q4 Layoff Watch — Which Sectors Are Still Reducing Headcount
The fourth quarter of 2025 tells a story of diverging labor trajectories across the U.S. economy. While overall unemployment held near 4.0% through October and November, the composition of workforce reductions revealed a landscape far from uniform. The technology sector continued its…
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The Great Q4 Hiring Sprint — Why Companies Are Accelerating Year-End Recruitment
Something unusual is happening in the North American labor market. While traditional seasonal hiring patterns show a well-documented Q4 slowdown — driven by holiday calendar effects, delayed budget approvals, and a general inclination toward looking forward in January — 2025 is defying…
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HR Analytics in 2025: The Rise of Predictive People Analytics and What It Means for Workforce Strategy
By mid-2025, HR analytics had crossed a critical threshold: predictive analytics moved from boardroom presentation to day-to-day operational tool. Organizations that once described their people data as “descriptive” (what happened) and “diagnostic” (why it happened) were now routinely using predictive models to…