Manufacturing & Engineering
How to Audit Your LinkedIn Profile and Thrive in the Age of AI
Is your LinkedIn profile stuck in 2024 (or earlier)? If so, it’s time for a much-needed 2026 spring cleanup! Most professionals are quietly losing visibility, and they don’t even realize it. I’m sharing how to audit your LinkedIn profile and thrive in the age of AI using a quick, five-step upgrade of your personal page. This involves creating an…
Goodwin Recruiting Joins Atlanta United Associate Partnership Following Landmark Year in Recruitment
Exeter, NH (April 7, 2026) [GlobeNewswire] – Goodwin Recruiting has joined the Atlanta United Associate Partnership after a milestone year in which the company earned some of the most prestigious accolades in the recruiting industry, signaling a business that is going from strength to strength. Following recognition from Forbes as one of Americas Best Professional…
Should You Offer Candidate Relocation Assistance or a Signing Bonus?
When an employer negotiates hiring terms with a job candidate from outside the organization’s city or market, a question that often arises is whether to offer candidate relocation assistance or a signing bonus, which can also serve as a relocation stipend. While all methods don’t work the same way, each is common and quite successful in attracting, incentivizing, and onboarding top…
The Power of Shared Office Spaces for Remote and Independent Professionals
Remote work has many advantages, but for some professionals, working from home every day can feel isolating at times. Shared office spaces for remote and independent professionals are a great middle ground. There’s no long-term commitment for a traditional office, and shared workspaces eliminate non-work-related distractions and ambient noise that can be inherent to working from…
Raise Workplace Happiness and Watch Morale Grow
Great company leaders, HR professionals, and managers know the importance of team morale in delivering day-to-day and long-term success. But what about employee happiness? The two are related but completely different. If you focus on both, you can raise workplace happiness and watch morale grow at the same time. While increasing happiness and morale require…
True Rate of Unemployment (TRU): What Hiring Managers Should Know
When hiring managers hear that unemployment is low, it’s easy to assume the labor market is strong and hiring should be easy. But the reality is much more nuanced and complex, prompting the need to rethink unemployment and the true labor market. Understanding the complexity can give you a competitive edge in talent recruitment and hiring. This article dives…
How to Attract Passive Talent for Your Key Roles
Whether the job market is slowing, growing, or staying steady, the labor market is consistently tight in many industries, such as healthcare, elder care, technology, transportation and logistics, skilled manufacturing, skilled trades, and other essential sectors. Even in hospitality (restaurants, hotels, tourism), skilled professionals and top quality candidates are hard to find. How do you attract the best…
Personalization Is Invaluable in Recruiting, Especially in an AI World
Hiring managers and talent recruiters live and work in a world of templates, buzzing inboxes, auto-responses, and even calendars that populate themselves. In my work as a talent recruiter, serving clients and job candidates across multiple industries, I’ve learned that while technology can streamline many important functions, it doesn’t connect all the dots in the…
What a Work Conference Taught Me About Human Connection
Greetings from Fort Worth, Texas! I’m Suzie Coughlin, Area Director with Goodwin Recruiting. Last month, our fully remote, nationwide talent recruiting firm gathered in Orlando for our annual in-person summit. It was a powerful experience in genuine human connection for professionals in a remote working world. The days were jam-packed with sessions, meetings, and conversations squeezed into every available minute….
Acts of Kindness in Recruiting Attract Big Talent
Talent recruiters share many goals and processes with hiring companies as we work to attract the right people for critical roles. At Goodwin Recruiting, there’s one big belief that we and many of our clients share in achieving our mutual goals. It’s called recruiting with heart – the simple but indispensable acts of kindness in talent recruiting that we…
