5 Mid-Year Labor Market Trends
Here’s what the perplexing job market, wage growth, the end of the pandemic and more mean for your agency.

Here’s what the perplexing job market, wage growth, the end of the pandemic and more mean for your agency.
A Liberty Mutual and Safeco report reveals what potential agency employees look for in their ideal employment situation, and how independent agencies measure up to those expectations.
One in three U.S. workers say their job has had a negative impact on their mental health over the past six months, according to SHRM.
Retaining current employees is a proactive measure employers should prioritize this year and beyond.
Having a better understanding of compensation can ensure agency dollars are spent wisely, and the true value of employees’ compensation is able to be clearly communicated.
For independent agencies to continue to grow and attract top new talent, they need to develop a genuine belief that the only way forward is tech-forward.
The best companies don’t give their best employees reasons to walk, but rather, to stay and grow in step with the business that they’re helping prosper.
Agencies and brokerages that understand the main factors driving people to switch or leave jobs can achieve much better retention and potentially hold on to the talent that drive growth.
Jana Foster, chair of the Big “I” national Young Agents Committee, sits down with Karen Bailo, commercial lines president at Progressive, to talk organizational culture, inclusion, and the importance of communication and supporting the personal developmen
To thrive into the future, agencies need to attract and empower millennials and Gen Z employees to be the next generation of leaders.