Annie Hammer's Posts

This isn’t a hiring challenge for consumer goods, it’s a pipeline design problem. As skills shift and expectations evolve, organizations must rethink how they build talent at scale.
Early attrition isn’t a hiring failure, it’s the most honest workforce signal most organizations never capture.
Retail is becoming a tech-powered industry overnight, but most talent strategies are still built for a different era.
Flexibility isn’t a perk anymore. Learn how schedule control is reshaping hiring, retention, and workforce stability in retail and hospitality.
Make time-to-productivity your most important hiring metric. Learn how it links talent acquisition speed to performance, cost, and business impact.
AI is transforming high-volume hiring, but speed alone isn’t enough. Learn how human guardrails improve retention, trust, and long-term workforce stability.
A new store succeeds when the right talent is hired early, led by intentional culture-carriers, and supported by internal mobility pathways that transform a high-pressure opening into long-term brand success.
Discover five retail hiring strategies for 2026 to overcome workforce challenges and deliver exceptional customer experiences.
In the US, frontline hourly workers make up the backbone of industries like retail, hospitality, healthcare, and logistics. They are the…
This article was written in conjunction with AMS technology partner, SmartRecruiters and Adam Reynolds, Head of TA for retail powerhouse,…
In business, we often talk about outcomes, deliverables, and performance. But behind every successful project is a group of people, each…
The nature of frontline work is changing. That means the way we define, design, and hire for it needs to change too. For years, job…