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U.S. employers report challenges in finding suitable job candidates with work-ready skills to fill open roles in ag. The AgCareers.com U.S. Skills Survey offers insights, data and trends to address skill development.

In recent years, agricultural employers consistently emphasized talent acquisition, but there has been a noticeable shift towards prioritizing retention as the primary focus in 2024.

Filling essential roles in the agriculture and food workforce is a top focus for employers. AgCareers.com is continuing Feed Your Future virtual career fairs to connect agriculture and food employers and job seekers.

So, how do you know how your employees want, or need, to be treated? It turns out that small talk can make a big difference.

Competing for talent is the most concerning human resource matter for agriculture and food employers, followed by recruiting difficulties.

The last couple of years have affected employment in agriculture and food, changing where, how and the way we work and conduct business. Here's a look at AgCareers.com's annual review of trends in jobs and candidates.

Data from the past five years shows that finding hourly/non-exempt staff is notoriously challenging. AgCareers.com's recent Agribusiness HR Review illustrates this difficulty only intensified in 2021.

The critical nature of the ag industry has required many ag employers continue business operations as normal. AgCareers.com’s annual Agribusiness HR Review survey of ag employers assesses employers’ COVID responses.

AgCareers.com is launching its 2021-2022 season of Feed Your Future virtual career fairs across the United States. 

Virtual recruiting, including career fairs and interviews, were catching on before COVID-19, but now they’ve become the norm. Virtual recruiting is here to stay.

Most agribusinesses conduct exit interviews. While these are valuable, it’s too late for that employee. Here's why you should implement stay interviews to gage employees' satisfaction and propensity to stay.

Staffing, competition, culture and flexibility were important considerations for ag organizations in 2020. The pandemic impacted almost all aspects of daily work life. Here's a look at AgCareers.com's latest report.

Even though ag-related postsecondary enrollment was down, there were an increase in ag degrees awarded.

AgCareers.com surveyed ag employers and found the agricultural industry is surely resilient, and this is clear as over one half of companies surveyed expect their workforce will increase in size over the next two years.

Do you have trouble getting job enough applicants, getting the right talent to apply, have a high candidate drop-off or high turnover? The experience the candidates have during your hiring process could be to blame!

Employees’ mental health is a growing concern, further amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. If a person felt loneliness, isolation, anxiety or insecurity before, Coronavirus has only amplified these feelings for many.

A look back at the 2019 agricultural community.

Agribusinesses re-evaluate employee retention efforts.

Salary increases will go to high performers, according to a recent survey of U.S. agricultural companies.

Based on an AgCareers.com survey of agricultural candidates, communication throughout the job search process was the most important experience impacting the impression of the organization. 

Hiring and retaining great employees is hard. AgCareers.com shares some of the top challenges facing employers.

Finding it harder to track down the right new hires? Here’s why.