Interim appointment made permanent as Brogger joins workforce solutions provider’s executive leadership team.
TACOMA, WA – November 16, 2020 – TrueBlue, a global leader in specialized workforce solutions, announced today a new appointment to its senior executive team. Andrea Brogger was named Chief People Officer of TrueBlue after serving in the role in an interim capacity since April of this year.
As CPO at TrueBlue, Brogger is responsible for empowering TrueBlue’s 5,100 global employees to achieve the company’s mission of connecting people and work. In addition to advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion, Brogger and her team will reimagine human resource’s role within the business, enabling TrueBlue to continue to assert its position as a leading talent solution provider for the changing world of work.
“Andrea is an innovative human resources leader with deep expertise and a passion for developing our current workforce, attracting top talent and making TrueBlue an exceptional place to work,” said TrueBlue CEO Patrick Beharelle. “She is deeply committed to fostering a culture where all people can grow and thrive.”
Brogger has been with TrueBlue since 2011. Prior to her current role, she was the vice president of global talent and culture at TrueBlue, where she spearheaded multiple employee engagement programs for the company’s global workforce, with a particular focus on teams working remotely. Before joining TrueBlue, she most recently worked for Microsoft. Brogger holds a master’s degree in business administration and an executive master’s degree in human resources management from Cornell University.
About TrueBlue
TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) is a leading provider of specialized workforce solutions that help clients achieve business growth and improve productivity. In 2019, TrueBlue connected approximately 724,000 people with work. Its PeopleReady segment offers on-demand, industrial staffing; PeopleManagement offers contingent, on-site industrial staffing and commercial driver services; and PeopleScout offers recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and managed service provider (MSP) solutions to a wide variety of industries. Learn more at www.trueblue.com.
Fast Company featured PeopleScout President Brannon Lacey in the recent article, “Six Skills Employees Will Need in the Post-Pandemic Workplace.” The article digs into the skills that will help employees thrive in the future.
“You have to be better with your words, you have to use brevity and levity to be successful getting thoughts and concepts across in an effective and efficient way,” Lacey said about the importance of communication management for the future.
Lacey also mentioned the importance of knowing the best platform for your message, whether its audio, video or another digital communication tool so that you keep your audience engaged but stave off Zoom fatigue.
Lacey also weighed in on the necessity of empathy, saying, “That’s helpful for everybody, not just the people who are trying to make their way through the chaos.”
Finally, Lacey spoke about adaptability. With so many employers operating in new and different ways, employees need to keep functioning through discomfort and take on stretch roles and projects. That can also mean finding new ways to collaborate and work through obstacles.
“You still need to be able to germinate that spark of innovation and produce results and be productive for the organization,” he said.
The article also lists the skills of self-direction, digital capabilities and motivational skills as being essential to succeed in the future.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
“The pandemic has created enormous changes in the workplace. Regardless of their jobs, employees needed to adapt rapidly to massive changes ranging from working remotely to changes in operations and fulfillment. But job skills were changing even before the pandemic.
Gartner data found that the number of skills required for a single job was increasing by 10% per year. And one-third of the skills listed in an average 2017 job posting would not be relevant by 2021. Gartner also found that role-based skills planning wasn’t helping organizations develop the right employee skill sets. Grouping unrelated skills doesn’t build the skills that will create competitive advantage.”
London – November 9, 2020 – PeopleScout won four Recruitment Marketing Awards (RMAs), including Agency of the Year and Campaign of the Year, at the virtual awards ceremony held on October 29, 2020. The RMAs recognize excellence in recruitment marketing and talent management.
“PeopleScout won this award as they worked with phenomenal creative output and overall met their customer’s needs,” said the RMA judges in regards to the Agency of the Year award.
“We are incredibly honored to be named Agency of the Year and to receive recognition for our work,” said Andrew Wilkinson, Executive Leader, Group Managing Director – EMEA and APAC. “As the pandemic continues to reshape the way we approach recruitment marketing and employer branding, the importance of effective and innovative candidate communications has never been greater.”
PeopleScout’s global reach and local expertise continues to make an impact on the talent acquisition and recruitment marketing industry. The company offers Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and Managed Service Provider (MSP) services as well as talent acquisition solutions including assessment, early careers, candidate experience and employer branding. The combined power of its solutions enables the company to stand out from its peers with innovative design and a focus on delivery.
The award for Campaign of the Year was for PeopleScout’s work with its client, a motoring company in the UK. The goal of the campaign was to attract the attention of large numbers of potential passive candidates who might never have considered a career with the client.
“An excellent campaign that turned an employer brand into a live experience and was unlike no other,” said the RMA judges. “The live event received public interest and was a bold campaign with impressive results from applications across four targeted sections.”
This is the second consecutive year that PeopleScout won top award honors at the RMAs. In 2019, PeopleScout won the Grand Prix award for the company’s creative approach to recruiting nurses in Greater Manchester, as well as awards for employer branding, recruitment effectiveness and video. In 2020, PeopleScout also won four coveted Recruiting Advertising Design (RAD) awards, including Work of the Year as well as in the Innovation, Use of Social and Out of Home Advertising categories.
About PeopleScout PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company, is the world’s largest RPO provider managing talent solutions that span the global economy, with end-to-end MSP and talent advisory capabilities supporting total workforce needs. PeopleScout boasts 97% client retention managing the most complex programs in the industry. The company’s thousands of forward-looking talent professionals provide clients with the edge in the people business by consistently delivering now while anticipating what’s next. Affinix™, PeopleScout’s proprietary talent acquisition platform, empowers faster engagement with the best talent through an AI-driven, consumer-like candidate experience with one-point ATS and VMS integration and single sign-on. Leveraging the power of data gleaned from engaging millions of candidates and contingent associates every year, PeopleScout enhances talent intelligence for clients across more than 70 countries with headquarters in Chicago, Sydney and London and global delivery centers in Toronto, Montreal, Charlotte, Bristol, Krakow, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information, please visit www.peoplescout.com.
Press Contact: Sarah Katz Candelario Director of Marketing & Communications skatz@peoplescout.com 312-915-5544
PeopleScout NEXT celebrates its two-year anniversary of publication with a Gold MUSE Creative Award Win
Chicago – October 30, 2020 – PeopleScout today released the digital exclusive Q3/Q4 2020 issue of its award-winning PeopleScout NEXT magazine. Available at peoplescout.com/next, the magazine provides actionable insights on the rapidly changing talent acquisition, talent technology and workforce management landscape.
“Organizations today face an unpredictable future, but there are a few things that remain certain: the importance of finding the right talent to meet your business needs and ensuring that you have the right tools and technology to connect with the best talent efficiently and safely,” said PeopleScout President Brannon Lacey. “This issue of NEXT dives into those important topics and continues to focus on the concepts we introduced earlier this year as a response to COVID-19.”
In this issue of PeopleScout NEXT, talent professionals will find insights on:
Building impactful employee resource groups and exploring the meaning and importance of inclusion in the workplace
Workforce flexibility and remote work and what they mean for the future of talent acquisition
Why the time for talent pipelining is now
How MSP and contingent labor programs can help maintain business continuity
How the pandemic has affected your employer brand
The benefits of RPO in our new normal, and more!
PeopleScout NEXT began publication with the Q3/Q4 2018 issue and has since gone on to receive numerous awards for its writing and design. In October 2020, PeopleScout NEXT magazine was named a Gold winner in the Publication, Magazine category in the 2020 MUSE Creative Awards competition. This win follows two 2019 MarCom Awards: Platinum in the Print Media — Writing category and Gold in Print Media — Design for PeopleScout NEXT.
About PeopleScout NEXT NEXT is PeopleScout’s publication covering an expansive array of talent acquisition and workforce management topics and technology trends, designed to provide readers with the knowledge they need to go from advice to advantage. PeopleScout’s audience is focused on what’s next – the future of work, impending skills shortages and technological advances. The goal of PeopleScout NEXT is to provide talent leaders with both the big ideas and small steps they can take today to make sure they are set up for future success. You can access the latest edition of PeopleScout NEXT here.
About PeopleScout PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company, is the world’s largest RPO provider managing talent solutions that span the global economy, with end-to-end MSP and talent advisory capabilities supporting total workforce needs. PeopleScout boasts 97% client retention managing the most complex programs in the industry. The company’s thousands of forward-looking talent professionals provide clients with the edge in the people business by consistently delivering now while anticipating what’s next. Affinix™, PeopleScout’s proprietary talent acquisition platform, empowers faster engagement with the best talent through an AI-driven, consumer-like candidate experience with one-point ATS and VMS integration and single sign-on. Leveraging the power of data gleaned from engaging millions of candidates and contingent associates every year, PeopleScout enhances talent intelligence for clients across more than 70 countries with headquarters in Chicago, Sydney and London and global delivery centers in Toronto, Montreal, Charlotte, Bristol, Krakow, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information, please visit www.peoplescout.com.
Press Contact: Sarah Katz Candelario Director of Marketing & Communications skatz@peoplescout.com 312-915-5544
World’s largest RPO provider named a global leader for the third consecutive year
Chicago – October 27, 2020 – PeopleScout has been named a Leader, the highest rating, in every category in NelsonHall’s global 2020 NEAT Vendor Evaluation for RPO. The categories in which PeopleScout was recognized as a Leader are: Geographic Footprint and Scalability, TA Transformation, Innovation in Services, Candidate Experience, as well as an Overall rating.
Nikki Edwards, Principal Analyst, HR Technology & Services, NelsonHall, said: “PeopleScout has expanded and enhanced its portfolio of RPO models and services to embrace the challenges of hiring talent in 2020 and beyond. Further, it has upgraded its multifunctional Affinix platform, leveraging many of the latest technology/tools available in the marketplace to enable its clients achieve a competitive edge.”
NEAT is NelsonHall’s vendor evaluation and assessment tool, offering companies around the world a comprehensive assessment of vendors’ offerings and capabilities. The NEAT for RPO enables buyers to strategically evaluate vendors across a range of criteria and business situations with a specific focus on candidate experience, innovation and global delivery.
“It is an incredible honor to be named a Leader in all categories in NelsonHall’s 2020 NEAT vendor evaluation for RPO,” said PeopleScout President Brannon Lacey. “When COVID-19 emerged, PeopleScout was quick to pivot and enhance our solution offerings in a way that met the changing needs of our clients and kept people safe without sacrificing an exceptional candidate experience. As we look to the future, we will continue to focus on supporting our clients’ talent programs with the right balance of human-touch and superior talent technology throughout the entire hiring process.”
Positioning as a “Leader” on the NEAT vendor evaluation is based on a combination of analyst assessments and feedback from RPO vendor clients. Interviews with RPO vendor clients focus on measuring the vendor’s ability to deliver immediate benefit as well as evaluating the vendor’s suitability to meet future requirements.
Highlights from NelsonHall’s evaluation of PeopleScout on the 2020 NEAT vendor evaluation include the company’s:
Broad range of RPO, and more widespread, talent solutions, including those established for working in a COVID-19 world
Talent Advisory services, notably employer branding, assessment, recruitment marketing and the future of work consulting
Global footprint across North America, EMEA and APAC through the 2018 acquisition of TMP Holdings LTD and previous acquisitions
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, notably minimizing bias in assessments and selection methods plus its established Veteran Talent Exchange platform
Technology innovation, notably its comprehensive set of enhancements to its Affinix platform in 2019/2020
Repositioning as a Total Workforce Solutions organisation, establishing a unified approach to operational delivery and technology platforms
PeopleScout continues to be a leader in RPO, MSP and Total Workforce Solutions. Earlier in 2020, PeopleScout was named the largest RPO provider in North America and a Leader in Everest Group’s Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2020. Also in 2020, PeopleScout was named a global leader in HRO Today’s Baker’s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Ratings for MSP and RPO, as well as the No. 1 RPO provider in APAC for the second consecutive year and a leading RPO provider in EMEA. PeopleScout’s talent technology platform, Affinix, was named a winner in the 2020 American Business Awards in the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Solution — Business Technology category.
About NelsonHall NelsonHall is the leading global analyst firm dedicated to helping organizations understand the ‘art of the possible’ in digital operations transformation. With analysts in the U.S., U.K., and Continental Europe, NelsonHall provides buy-side organisations with detailed, critical information on markets and vendors (including NEAT assessments) that helps them make fast and highly informed sourcing decisions. And for vendors, NelsonHall provides deep knowledge of market dynamics and user requirements to help them hone their go-to-market strategies. NelsonHall’s research is based on rigorous, all-original research, and is widely respected for the quality, depth, and insight of its analysis.
About PeopleScout PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company, is the world’s largest RPO provider managing talent solutions that span the global economy, with end-to-end MSP and talent advisory capabilities supporting total workforce needs. PeopleScout boasts 97% client retention managing the most complex programs in the industry. The company’s thousands of forward-looking talent professionals provide clients with the edge in the people business by consistently delivering now while anticipating what’s next. Affinix, PeopleScout’s proprietary talent acquisition platform, empowers faster engagement with the best talent through an AI-driven, consumer-like candidate experience with one-point ATS and VMS integration and single sign-on. Leveraging the power of data gleaned from engaging millions of candidates and contingent associates every year, PeopleScout enhances talent intelligence for clients across more than 70 countries with headquarters in Chicago, Sydney and London and global delivery centers in Toronto, Montreal, Charlotte, Bristol, Krakow, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information, please visit www.peoplescout.com.
Press Contact: Sarah Katz Candelario Director of Marketing & Communications skatz@peoplescout.com 312-915-5544
The MUSE Creative and MUSE Design Awards are international competitions catered to professionals from the creative and design industries, who help foster new horizons for their industries. “It is our privilege, as always, to honor these remarkable individuals,” said Kenjo Ong, CEO of both competitions. “They have more than earned their achievements.”
This win follows two 2019 MarCom Awards: Platinum in the Print Media — Writing category and Gold in Print Media — Design for PeopleScout NEXT and a 2020 Gold AVA Digital Award in the audio production/radio category for Talking Talent. Additionally, PeopleScout was recently named a Leader in Everest Group’s Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2020 and a global leader in HRO Today’s Baker’s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Ratings for MSP and RPO.
View the full list of 2020 MUSE award winners here.
About Talking Talent Talking Talent with PeopleScout is an audio series that digs into issues related to talent acquisition and workforce management. The podcast leverages perspectives from thought leaders across the globe who share insights drawn from years of experience in the industry. The series covers everything from the unique challenges sourcing, recruiting and retaining talent in the healthcare industry to how employers and organizations around the globe grapple with skills shortages and changing candidate expectations. Talking Talent also discusses the role technology plays – both disrupting traditional talent acquisition models and solving new challenges. Listen to Talking Talent on Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.
About PeopleScout NEXT NEXT is PeopleScout’s print and digital publication covering an expansive array of talent acquisition and workforce management topics and technology trends, designed to provide our readers with the knowledge they need to go from advice to advantage. PeopleScout’s audience is focused on what’s next – the future of work, impending skills shortages and technological advances. The goal of PeopleScout NEXT is to provide talent leaders with both the big ideas and small steps they can take today to make sure they are set up for future success. You can access the latest edition of PeopleScout NEXT here.
About PeopleScout PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company, is the world’s largest RPO provider managing talent solutions that span the global economy, with end-to-end MSP and talent advisory capabilities supporting total workforce needs. PeopleScout boasts 97% client retention managing the most complex programs in the industry. The company’s thousands of forward-looking talent professionals provide clients with the edge in the people business by consistently delivering now while anticipating what’s next. Affinix™, PeopleScout’s proprietary talent acquisition platform, empowers faster engagement with the best talent through an AI-driven, consumer-like candidate experience with one-point ATS and VMS integration and single sign-on. Leveraging the power of data gleaned from engaging millions of candidates and contingent associates every year, PeopleScout enhances talent intelligence for clients across more than 70 countries with headquarters in Chicago, Sydney and London and global delivery centers in Toronto, Montreal, Charlotte, Bristol, Krakow, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information, please visit www.peoplescout.com.
Press Contact: Sarah Katz Candelario Director of Marketing & Communications skatz@peoplescout.com 312-915-5544
Chicago — September 18, 2020 — PeopleScout has been recognized as a leader in Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) on HRO Today’s 2020 RPO Baker’s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Ratings. In addition to being named a global leader, PeopleScout was ranked as the No. 1 RPO provider in APAC for the second consecutive year and a leading RPO provider in EMEA.
The HRO Today Baker’s Dozen rankings are determined through a survey of current buyers of RPO services. The annual Baker’s Dozen list ranks the top 13 RPOs globally as well as on regional lists for the EMEA and APAC regions. Providers are evaluated on service breadth, deal size and quality of service.
PeopleScout continues to evolve its talent solutions for the future. The company is uniquely positioned to provide innovative solutions across the total workforce spectrum, with strong rankings on the global RPO Baker’s Dozen list, as well as the Managed Service Provider (MSP) and Total Workforce Solutions Baker’s Dozen lists, the company’s proprietary Affinix™ talent technology and the evolution of its award-winning talent advisory solutions. Earlier this year, PeopleScout was also named an RPO Leader by Everest Group and the largest RPO provider in North America.
The company’s talent solutions are powered by Affinix, PeopleScout’s technology that delivers speed and scalability to its clients while leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, automation, predictive analytics and more. As talent leaders around the globe continue to deal with the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic, PeopleScout’s RPO solutions and Affinix technology stack enable organizations to hire the best talent quickly, safely and completely virtually.
About PeopleScout PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company, is the world’s largest RPO provider managing talent solutions that span the global economy, with end-to-end MSP and talent advisory capabilities supporting total workforce needs. PeopleScout boasts 97% client retention managing the most complex programs in the industry. The company’s thousands of forward-looking talent professionals provide clients with the edge in the people business by consistently delivering now while anticipating what’s next. Affinix, PeopleScout’s proprietary talent acquisition platform, empowers faster engagement with the best talent through an AI-driven, consumer-like candidate experience with one-point ATS and VMS integration and single sign-on. Leveraging the power of data gleaned from engaging millions of candidates and contingent associates every year, PeopleScout enhances talent intelligence for clients across more than 70 countries with headquarters in Chicago, Sydney and London and global delivery centers in Toronto, Montreal, Charlotte, Bristol, Krakow, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information, please visit www.peoplescout.com.
Press Contact: Sarah Katz Candelario Director of Marketing & Communications skatz@peoplescout.com 312-915-5544
TACOMA, Wash. — September 15, 2020 — TrueBlue, a global leader in specialized workforce solutions, announced today a new appointment to its senior leadership team. Brannon Lacey has been named President of PeopleScout, a division of TrueBlue and the world’s largest recruitment process outsourcing provider. Lacey replaces outgoing interim President Chip Holmes.
Lacey most recently served as the President and Chief Product Officer of Benefits Solutions at Alight, a leading human capital and business solutions provider. At Alight he led a $2 billion business segment and a global team of 14,000 colleagues.
Prior to Alight, Lacey spent more than four years at Rackspace, where he served as SVP & General Manager of Application Services among other roles. Before that, Brannon served as a principal at Samsung Ventures, where he led venture capital investments for mobility products. He has also held a variety of strategic technology consulting and leadership roles at Samsung, Skaya and Accenture.
“Brannon is a technology-centric leader with strong expertise in product management, global leadership, and human capital solutions,” said TrueBlue CEO Patrick Beharelle. “He has the right vision and capabilities to lead PeopleScout’s next phase of growth and innovation, with customer success and ongoing digital transformation as guiding principles.”
About TrueBlue
TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) is a leading provider of specialized workforce solutions that help clients achieve business growth and improve productivity. In 2019, TrueBlue connected approximately 724,000 people with work. Its PeopleReady segment offers on-demand, industrial staffing, PeopleManagement offers contingent, on-site industrial staffing and commercial driver services, and PeopleScout offers recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and managed service provider (MSP) solutions to a wide variety of industries. Learn more at www.trueblue.com.
CHICAGO – July 6, 2020 – PeopleScout has been named a Leader in Everest Group’s inaugural Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2020 for North America.
“PeopleScout is the largest RPO provider in North America in terms of hires managed,” according to Arkadev Basak, Vice President, Everest Group. “The company’s continued investments in its technology, analytics, and consulting services capabilities and strong presence across traditional RPO adopters, coupled with its forward-looking strategy to better serve clients from fast-growing/new industry verticals, have helped position it as a Leader on Everest Group’s RPO in North America PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2020.”
Everest Group classifies RPO service providers into three ascending categories of Aspirants, Major Contenders and the highest designation, Leaders. Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® framework assesses the market impact and overall delivery capability of RPO service providers.
“We are committed to providing our clients with innovative solutions, whether it is through our technology offerings, talent advisory strategies or our holistic approach to RPO,” said PeopleScout Interim President Chip Holmes. “The recognition from Everest Group as a Leader and the largest RPO provider in North America is a testament to our mission to help our clients find, engage and deliver the best talent, as we face the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic and move forward into a new ‘normal’ together.”
Everest Group’s assessment of PeopleScout on this year’s PEAK Matrix highlighted the following strengths:
PeopleScout is the largest RPO provider by number of hires managed in North America.
Leaders, including PeopleScout, have performed better than peers in areas such as consulting and value-added services, Total Talent Acquisition (TTA) and development of technology-driven offerings such as high-volume and low-cost solutions.
Referenced clients reported that responsiveness, access to resources, technology and reporting were key strengths of PeopleScout.
PeopleScout’s proprietary talent acquisition technology Affinix™ was recognized for its host of features, including video interviews, candidate self-scheduling, talent community management, predictive and prescriptive analytics capabilities, and its talent mapping feature which uses AI sourcing to find candidates who are the best fit for particular job titles and roles.
PeopleScout’s recent acquisition of TMP Holdings LTD (TMP) strengthened its European (particularly UK) presence and has helped grow its share in multi-country RPO deals covering North America and the UK and rest of Europe.
PeopleScout has been proactive in strengthening its presence in fast-growing industry verticals in North America, such as retail and healthcare. The company has also developed capabilities to service clients in new industries such as government/public sector, media, and energy and utilities.
Everest Group’s research is based on three key sources of proprietary information: its database of approximately 3,000 RPO deals, the operational capability of the 30 assessed RPO service providers and ongoing buyer surveys and interactions. To be named a Leader, RPO providers must have the highest maturity levels in market impact, vision and capability.
To learn more about the RPO Service Provider Landscape PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2020 for North America visit the Everest Group website.
About PeopleScout PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company, is the world’s largest RPO provider managing talent solutions that span the global economy, with end-to-end MSP and talent advisory capabilities supporting total workforce needs. PeopleScout boasts 97% client retention managing the most complex programs in the industry. The company’s thousands of forward-looking talent professionals provide clients with the edge in the people business by consistently delivering now while anticipating what’s next. Affinix, PeopleScout’s proprietary talent acquisition platform, empowers faster engagement with the best talent through an AI-driven, consumer-like candidate experience with one-point ATS and VMS integration and single sign-on. Leveraging the power of data gleaned from engaging millions of candidates and contingent associates every year, PeopleScout enhances talent intelligence for clients across more than 70 countries with headquarters in Chicago, Sydney and London and global delivery centers in Toronto, Montreal, Charlotte, Bristol, Krakow, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information, please visit www.peoplescout.com.
Press Contact: Sarah Katz Candelario Director of Marketing & Communications skatz@peoplescout.com 312-915-5544
Are you a new college grad looking to get your foot in the door with a company in one of the toughest job markets in history? There is one skill that should be front and center on your resume, according to a new study by PeopleScout, the world’s largest Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) provider. According to PeopleScout’s analysis of data pulled from hundreds of thousands of U.S. job postings from March 2020 to May 2020, communication was the most requested skill for entry-level roles requiring a bachelor’s degree and one year of experience or less. Leadership and customer service skills also ranked high in demand.
“New college grads are facing one of the most competitive job markets of our time,” said Chip Holmes, PeopleScout Interim President. “Employers are looking for a balance of functional know-how and soft skills and are placing a strong emphasis on communication skills. Conveying that you are a solid communicator that is customer-focused and a problem solver with strong leadership potential can help to increase your chances of landing the job.”
PeopleScout conducted an analysis of data from labor market analytics firm Emsi, which included both permanent and temporary job openings. The study was designed to help workers who are new to the labor market identify in-demand skills they should emphasize while applying to and interviewing for jobs.
Among the most requested skill sets for entry-level roles requiring a four-year degree and up to one year of experience are:
Skill
Number of Unique Job Postings Requiring the Skill from March 2020 to May 2020
Communication
341,840
Leadership
181,404
Customer Service
178,816
Sales
167,900
Problem-solving
142,247
Detail-oriented
131,486
Research
112,990
Presentation
106,869
Microsoft Office
102,973
Innovation
76,492
Organizational
70,395
About PeopleScout PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company, is the world’s largest RPO provider managing talent solutions that span the global economy, with end-to-end MSP and talent advisory capabilities supporting total workforce needs. PeopleScout boasts 97% client retention managing the most complex programs in the industry. The company’s thousands of forward-looking talent professionals provide clients with the edge in the people business by consistently delivering now while anticipating what’s next. Affinix, PeopleScout’s proprietary talent acquisition platform, empowers faster engagement with the best talent through an AI-driven, consumer-like candidate experience with one-point ATS and VMS integration and single sign-on. Leveraging the power of data gleaned from engaging millions of candidates and contingent associates every year, PeopleScout enhances talent intelligence for clients across more than 70 countries with headquarters in Chicago, Sydney and London and global delivery centers in Toronto, Montreal, Charlotte, Bristol, Krakow, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information, please visit www.peoplescout.com.
Press Contact: Sarah Katz Candelario Director of Marketing & Communications skatz@peoplescout.com 312-915-5544
