Author: Annette Malave, SVP/Insights, RAB
Companies and businesses often have a challenging time finding job candidates. Finding qualified job candidates is even more difficult.
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Radio Highlights to Kick Off 2024
Author: Annette Malave, SVP/Insights, RAB
Here we are. Welcome to the first week of 2024! This first week is when many will start something new. Whether that “new” is exercise, reading more, taking on a new hobby or something else, it is also a good time to remember some of the things from 2023.
Continue reading “Radio Highlights to Kick Off 2024”Hiring? Radio Can Get the Job Done
Author: Annette Malave, SVP/Insights, RAB
Businesses and organizations have struggled over the past few years filling open roles or just retaining staff. There appears to be good news on the horizon as numerous publications and economists are reporting that this phenomenon is over.
Continue reading “Hiring? Radio Can Get the Job Done”Wage Transparency Legislation Brings Unique Challenges and Benefits for Employers
One of the greatest challenges employers across all lines of business has experienced is recruitment. A talent pool shortage, applicant expectations, hybrid or remote work demands and more, compounded by economic uncertainty has made it difficult for employers to not only fill those open roles but also retain current employees. Radio has often successfully served as a medium to help organizations and businesses with their recruitment efforts.
Colorado was the first state to pass a law requiring business to list salary ranges in job postings. Since then, additional states are adopting their own disclosure laws. RAB reached out to our partners at Foster Garvey PC to provide some guidance on wage transparency laws.
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Reaching the Cost-Conscious Consumer
Author: Annette Malave, SVP/Insights, RAB
Eggs! Have you ever heard so many people talking about the price of eggs? If you do an internet search on eggs, you will probably get “fed” articles on chicken coops. That’s right – people think it is better to buy a coop than to buy eggs.
Continue reading “Reaching the Cost-Conscious Consumer”2022 – The Year of Local
Author: Annette Malave, SVP/Insights, RAB
Businesses. Retailers. Restaurants. Community. There has been incredible focus on everything local as consumers looked around and realized the role and impact local has in their lives. After all, it is great to travel, but “there’s no place like home.”
Continue reading “2022 – The Year of Local”Why Radio Still Has the Ear of Consumers, Influencing Buying Decisions for a Variety of Advertisers
Contributor: Jenn Hoff, Digital Sales Director, Marketron
Radio continues to be a channel that engages and influences listeners across all demographics. While much has changed since its inception, radio holds strong as a medium that people trust and truly tune in to, making it a great opportunity for any advertiser.
Continue reading “Why Radio Still Has the Ear of Consumers, Influencing Buying Decisions for a Variety of Advertisers”Radio Reaches an Underserved and Wealthy Consumer Group
Author: Annette Malave, SVP/Insights, RAB
When it comes to consumer groups, most businesses focus on reaching millennials or the upcoming Generation Z. While these groups may be seen as influencers as well as future retail and services consumers, businesses may be missing an affluent and powerful consumer group – baby boomers.
Continue reading “Radio Reaches an Underserved and Wealthy Consumer Group”What Matters to Job Seekers
Author: Annette Malave, SVP/Insights, RAB
According to the recent jobs report, 428,000 jobs were added, and the unemployment rate remains unchanged at 3.6%. The good news is that 95% of the jobs that were lost during the pandemic are now recovered.
Are we still looking at the Great Resignation or is it instead a great reset?
Continue reading “What Matters to Job Seekers”Targeting the Next Big Consumer – Teens
Author: Annette Malave, SVP/Insights, RAB
An online search for Gen Z will deliver results in the billions regarding various topics and industries. If you are wondering why, it is because they are about to become the largest and most important consumer target. They may also be the most complex.
Continue reading “Targeting the Next Big Consumer – Teens”Radio Gets the Job Done for Recruitment
Author: Annette Malave, SVP/Insights, RAB
The disruption to businesses and the economy created by the pandemic throughout 2020 was unprecedented, impacting unemployment levels not seen in prior recessions. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, over twice the number of jobs were lost between March 2020 through April 2020 than those lost from 2007-2009.