Nearly 3% of workers – 4.3 million Americans – quit their jobs in December 2021, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Sectors like retail and leisure and hospitality have been hardest hit, but no industry has been immune from the mass exodus of workers, including fintech, healthcare, IT, manufacturing and all types of business and professional services.

With so many open positions and potential employees in flux, the talent industry is facing a critical inflection point. Many companies are navigating these challenges by applying the principles of resilience to hiring and retention efforts.

Matt Rivera, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Yoh joins the podcast to discuss the unprecedented mass exodus that companies have witnessed over the past several months, what factors are causing so many Americans to leave their places of employment, and what companies need to do moving forward to maintain employee performance.