Keys to Better Understanding the Hourly Workforce

5 Min Read By MRM Staff

In the current job seeker’s market, employers must find ways to connect with potential employees in order to effectively compete for and hire the right workers, according to Snagajob’s annual “State of The Hourly Worker” report.  Snagajob expects that hourly employers will hire more workers and provide them with fewer hour shifts to avoid paying overtime, when the new Final Rule takes effect in December. The United States currently has 78 million hourly workers, accounting for 60 percent of the entire workforce and 80 percent of all hires made in the U.S. each year.

Highlights from the report from the job search engine specializing in America’s hourly workforce including restaurant, retail and hospitality staffing include:

With 48 percent of workers expecting their job to last less than three years, tenures are shorter, workers take more of a “tour of duty” approach.88 percent of workers are open to working multiple jobs to get hours, making many workers…