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Retention of staff

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.


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    Midland HR quick to quash rumours of staff meltdown

    by Greg Pitcher 14 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 14 Mar 2008

    Under-fire Midland HR has dismissed talk of a meltdown in staff morale after reports that three senior members of staff...

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    HP top talent encouraged to work abroad

    by Greg Pitcher 13 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 13 Mar 2008

    Rising stars at technology firm HP are being told to work abroad to avoid getting stuck in a rut by...

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    • Economics, government & business
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    Northern Rock staff look to main rival Newcastle Building Society for jobs

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Mar 2008

    Axe-threatened Northern Rock employees are flooding to the troubled bank’s main rival, Personnel Today can reveal. Newcastle Building Society (NBS)...

    • Business performance
    • Employee engagement
    • Economics, government & business

    TalentDrain appoints Gordon Barker as consultancy director

    by Personnel Today 28 Feb 2008
    by Personnel Today 28 Feb 2008

    TalentDrain, the employee engagement and retention specialist, has appointed Gordon Barker in the newly-created role of Director of Consulting.The company,...

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    Is ‘quality of working life’ the secret to attracting and keeping the best employees?

    by Personnel Today 18 Feb 2008
    by Personnel Today 18 Feb 2008

    A new psychometric tool, called Work-Related Quality of Life, has been developed by Psychologists at the University of Portsmouth that enables companies...

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    Tick-box mentality explains poor take up of appraisals in UK

    by Gareth Vorster 15 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 15 Feb 2008

    Management experts believe a tick-box mentality about appraisals exists in the UK workplace and that many employers are simply ignoring...

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    IT staff with the right skills in short supply

    by Personnel Today 13 Feb 2008
    by Personnel Today 13 Feb 2008

    Employers are finding it increasingly difficult to hire IT staff with the right skills, according to new research.A survey conducted...

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    Public recognition is the key to retaining your staf

    by Personnel Today 4 Feb 2008
    by Personnel Today 4 Feb 2008

    With 47% of all staff citing a lack of recognition at work as a major contributing factor in their decision...

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    Weekly dilemma: Replacing staff

    by Personnel Today 4 Feb 2008
    by Personnel Today 4 Feb 2008

    We have a similar situation to that of Liverpool Football Club, which admitted to holding talks with a potential replacement...

    • HR strategy
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Talent management

    Talent management in Coca-Cola: the fizz from within

    by Nick Martindale 4 Feb 2008
    by Nick Martindale 4 Feb 2008

    Forced to recruit marketing expertise externally, drinks giant Coca-Cola set about ensuring it had a flow of internal talent ready...

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    Asda launches apprenticeship scheme to reduce high turnover

    by Louisa Peacock 4 Feb 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 4 Feb 2008

    Supermarket giant Asda will launch its own apprenticeship scheme this month in a bid to beat the high turnover associated...

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    • Economics, government & business

    Whole families to get ’employability audits’ in bid to get long-term unemployed back to work

    by Greg Pitcher 4 Feb 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 4 Feb 2008

    Entire families on benefits could be hauled in for employability ‘makeovers’ by private firms as the UK welfare reforms kick...

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    Army and RAF struggle in recruitment and retention battle

    by Gareth Vorster 28 Jan 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 28 Jan 2008

    A new report warns that both the Army and the RAF are unlikely to reach personnel targets this year because...

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    Hospitality sector workers reveal level of discontent in happiness survey

    by Personnel Today 24 Jan 2008
    by Personnel Today 24 Jan 2008

    British employees in the hospitality industry think they work in ‘Hell’s Kitchen’, new research on worker happiness has found.A Fairness...

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    • Labour turnover

    Exit data: Why do staff really leave

    by Jo Faragher 21 Jan 2008
    by Jo Faragher 21 Jan 2008

    The results of an exclusive survey have revealed that people's real reasons for leaving a job are quite different to why human resources thinks they go. So why doesn't HR compile useful exit data?

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