ACC NCR The Fight for Talent: Recruiting Talented Employees in the New Normal

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed the American workforce in various ways, including the challenges employers now face in their efforts to hire and retain talented employees. “The Great Resignation” describes the status of the workforce where over 30 million American workers resigning from their jobs from Spring 2021 to November 2021. This seismic shift has caused employers to rethink traditional methods for recruiting and retaining employees as compensation is rising and employers and employees address the fallout of the ongoing pandemic. 

Not only has COVID-19 changed the recruiting process, but federal, state, and local governments have also imposed new compliance obligations on the recruiting and onboarding processes in the name of advancing racial and pay equity.  This leaves in-house counsel with a critical role to ensure that their firms obtain the next generation of talent, in a way that avoid legal risk from missteps in this unprecedented environment.