Retention of staff, so that key skills and experience are not lost, is very important for employers.
Benchmarking the employer’s total turnover rate and voluntary resignation rate against those of similar employers can help the employer to establish whether the level of turnover is acceptable, too high or too low.
Employers need to analyse the underlying reasons for staff departures and, if the departure rates are too high, establish a retention strategy.
If your business does not offer flexible working options, your best employees may look to move to an employer that...
There’s no doubt that the Brexit vote sent shockwaves through workplaces across the UK, whichever side staff voted. Some employers...
ON DEMAND | Thousands of books, articles and research papers have been written about how to identify and develop high-potential employees. Considering this weight of material, there are as many ideas on how and what to do as there are HR leaders in organisations. ...
Accurately gauging how staff feel is crucial to driving engagement and delivering insight into how your business is performing. Paul...
Career breaks can be a useful tool in employee retention. However, there are areas of uncertainty associated with their use,...
After last week’s clampdown on recruitment agencies supplying the NHS with doctors and nurses, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s chief...
With the ability to manage and interpret data becoming increasingly vital for HR professionals, new analysis from XpertHR Benchmarking reveals the five most valuable...
More than one in three workers plan to change job this year, double the proportion with the same ambition last...
Fear of red tape and confusion around funding means many businesses fail to recognise the benefits of recruiting young people, when in fact they can help push growth...
The working culture in the NHS has come under intense scrutiny in recent years after a series of failings in...
Employers’ efforts to reduce absence are paying off, according to ongoing research by XpertHR. Successive XpertHR surveys on absence rates show a gradual decline in the number of days taken as sick leave by employees. In 2007, the median was 7.4 a year per employee but latest figures record a drop to 5.2 in 2013 ...
Direct recruiters, recruitment agencies and HR teams that have produced outstanding recruitment campaigns...
Bereaved staff are being failed by their employers, according to a report published today by bereavement and palliative care charities.
If candidates’ experience of applying for jobs is so bad, why are recruiters allowing it to go so wrong and...
Only 37% of workers in London expect to be with their current employer in one year’s time, despite 58% saying...
