Description: In this episode, we’ll explore the July edition of MRA's monthly Talent Report: Trends From MRA's 1,000 Roundtable Members. We’ll hear from Jim Morgan, Vice President of Workforce Strategies, on best practices regarding employee engagement, uncover C-Suite priorities and top creative HR strategies, learn roundtable trending topics, and more!  Resources: Talent Report+ Webinar Series  MRA Membership  About MRA  Let's Connect: Guest Bio - Jim Morgan  Guest LinkedIn Profile - Jim Morgan  Host Bio - Sophie Boler  Host LinkedIn Profile - Sophie Boler  Transcript: Transcripts are computer generated -- not 100% accurate word-for-word. 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:21:03UnknownHello everybody and welcome to 30 minute Thrive, your go to podcast for anything and everything HR, powered by MRA, the Management Association. Looking to stay on top of the ever changing world of HR? MRA has got you covered. We'll be the first to tell you what's hot and what's not. I'm your host, Sophie Boler, and we are so glad you're here. 00:00:21:05 - 00:00:40:19UnknownNow it's time to thrive. All right. Well, welcome to this episode of 30 Minute Thrive. I'm excited to go over this month's Taylor Report with Jim Morgan, our vice president of Workforce Strategies, as we kind of go into what he's been seeing in the world of business in July. So thanks again, Jim, for joining us. Per usual. My pleasure. 00:00:40:20 - 00:00:58:24UnknownIt's good to be here. So this month, it looks like you're kind of focusing on roundtables, the importance of networking. Why did you choose this topic for July? Well, you know, it's interesting, as everybody is trying to figure out how to get more done in less time and figure out how to make the best use of their time. 00:00:59:01 - 00:01:19:08UnknownYou know, one of the things and not just making a sales pitch for our roundtables, but I think one of the things that people find the most valuable is when you find that peer group of people that share the same issues that you share and face the same problems each day that you face, that becomes a pretty strong group of people to really, you know, be able to call on and do things with. 00:01:19:08 - 00:01:37:02UnknownAnd with all this time spent on staff development and learning and development and things, there's nothing like a group of ten or 12 people who are living the same life you are to just be able to sit down and say, What would you do in this situation? And have half of them say, I've been in that situation. Here's what I would do. 00:01:37:04 - 00:02:08:17UnknownAnd so we just without one, that would be good. Just, you know, so people remember, take advantage of those opportunities. In fact, we surveyed everyone on how many networking groups they were in, and like over 50% of the group were in at least two. So that was that was pretty good. And I think later on we can talk a little bit about what we shared, too, because our roundtables, our peer groups, you know, our C-suite people, their senior age, our people, their age, our managers, and we shared a lot of data with people on here's what everybody's talking about. 00:02:08:17 - 00:02:25:03UnknownSo that was a real advantage for that talent report. And I'll share some of that with you later, too. So that was the that was the reason for the focus is, you know, really just to get people to take some time and find that really good group of people they can sit down and talk to on a regular basis to, you know, sort of help them with the day to day stuff. 00:02:25:05 - 00:02:44:11UnknownOh, yeah, absolutely. It was cool to see what topics are top of mind right now in roundtables and what our roundtables are kind of discussing. And we'll get into that. But let's kind of talk about what's happening in recruiting and retention world right now. So, Jim, what's new here? The idea is what's new is older. What's old is new. 00:02:44:13 - 00:03:04:04UnknownI think the internships continue to be really the best recrui