12 Diversity Statistics That Will Make You Rethink Your Hiring Decisions

With the uncertainty surrounding the Coronavirus, many companies are looking for long term solutions to ensure the safety of their employees while allowing business to continue as normal. In response, implementing a sustained — and in some cases permanent! — work from home policy is a good option for adapting to the new normal with a reduced impact on the economy.

Sambatek, a midwestern engineering firm with an array of clients across many industries, has no shortage of exciting, big-ticket projects to work on. But to continue to provide the best service, they need the best talent, and they needed a system that would streamline and organize their process, while also fulfilling the unique municipal requirements and compliance regulations of the local government.

With over 2,000 clients spanning every state and most industries, ClearCompany has a unique view into when, where, and what types of employees companies are hiring. As we move into what appears to be a new phase of the response to SARS-COV-2, business leaders are looking for sources of good data to guide their decisions. In this post, I’ll share several charts that paint a high-level picture of the change in hiring activity, trends in remote work, and some comparisons to the 2008-9 Financial Crisis.