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WorkStep Raises $25M in Series B Funding
January 14, 2022
WorkStep, a San Francisco, CA-based workforce hiring and retention platform for the supply chain, raised $25m in Series B funding.
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WorkStep Raises $25M to Help Businesses Improve Frontline Employee Retention
January 13, 2022
Technology firms that target so-called “deskless” workers continue to reel in investment dollars. San Francisco-based WorkStep Inc., which has a database of more than 1 million frontline workers and software that matches them with prospective employers, today announced it has raised a $25 million Series B round, bringing its total funding to $42.2 million.
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Hiring and Retention Platform WorkStep Raises $25M to Solve ‘Supply Chain Labor Crisis’
January 13, 2022
The so-called “great resignation” is seemingly continuing apace, with some 4.5 million U.S. workers quitting their jobs in November alone. The quit rate was particularly high in sectors with a large number of frontline workers, such as retail, hospitality, and health care — something that WorkStep is hoping to address.
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WorkStep Raises $25M to Solve Supply Chain Labor Crisis
January 13, 2022
WorkStep, a workforce hiring and retention platform for the supply chain, announced today it has raised $25 million in Series B funding to combat the workforce shortage by transforming how enterprises hire and retain frontline workers. The investment brings its total capital raised to $42 million.
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Guest: Dan Johnston of WorkStep on Truck Driver Shortages
January 12, 2022
Dan Johnston, CEO and Co-founder of WorkStep joins Ben Ames from DC Velocity to discuss the current truck driver shortages and what this means to the supply chain overall.
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Drilling Deep: Recruitment and Retention CEO on WorkStep’s Approach
January 7, 2022
Dan Johnston, Co-founder and CEO of WorkStep joins the Freightwaves Podcast, Drilling Deep, to discuss the latest hiring and retention trends across the supply chain industry.
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What are the Key Procurement Trends for 2022?
December 21, 2021
Dan Johnston, co-founder of WorkStep, highlighted how governments are putting supply chain issues ate the forefront of their agendas.
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Is There a Solution to the Supply Chain Worker Shortage?
December 9, 2021
Federal aid was keeping people out of the job market wasn’t exactly a myth. Call it more of a hope, by businesses that have been desperate to attract enough talent to keep the doors open. “The supply chain labor market has been strained for years,” said Dan Johnston, CEO of WorkStep.
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New perks introduced for seasonal workers are yielding mostly the same poor results: Dan Johnston
November 12, 2021
Ahead of the holiday season, various retail businesses go on a hiring spree. Holiday sales are predicted to jump 9% this year – “yet a growing workforce shortage will serve as a major roadblock to meeting spiked demand,” said Dan Johnston, WorkStep CEO (and former warehouse manager).
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Supply Chain Workforce: What Big Business is Missing
November 11, 2021
Amazon and other supply chain employers are boosting wages, offering sign-on incentives, and ditching drug tests to draw in new hires amid ongoing labor shortages. However, even with $3,000 bonuses and $3 hourly raises, it will be tough to overcome a turnover rate of 150% a year. So, what are the tech giants and other major businesses getting wrong? The answer lies in their poor retention strategy.