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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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    Self-selection systems aid staff retention

    by Louisa Peacock 21 Jan 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 21 Jan 2008

    Less than 10% of employers use self-selection to improve recruitment according to Personnel Today’s sister publication Employment Review.Self-selection is the...

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    Retention is priority to improve morale, headteachers warn

    by Louisa Peacock 21 Jan 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 21 Jan 2008

    More focus is needed to improve retention rates among senior teachers, a leading union has warned in the wake of...

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    National Audit Office report on neonatal care finds training, recruitment and retention issues add to problems of staff shortages

    by Louisa Peacock 20 Dec 2007
    by Louisa Peacock 20 Dec 2007

    Problems in training, recruitment and retention has aggravated the significant shortage of nursing staff leading to below-standard care for neonatal...

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    Talent management: keeping hold of your talent

    by Personnel Today 19 Nov 2007
    by Personnel Today 19 Nov 2007

    How can you tell when your top talent is about to leave? Three business psychologists offer their insights and tips on how to spot the warning signs.

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    Call centre and homeworking agency seeking loyalty guarantees from staff in a bid to stop them being poached by competitors

    by Personnel Today 22 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 22 Oct 2007

    A call centre and homeworking agency is taking drastic measures to retain its staff.Holiday Discount Centre, based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, is...

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    One in six GPs consider leaving medicine

    by Mike Berry 17 Oct 2007
    by Mike Berry 17 Oct 2007

    One in six GPs are thinking about quitting the profession, according to a survey by the British Medical Association (BMA)....

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    BBC staff to be told to reapply for their jobs

    by Greg Pitcher 16 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 16 Oct 2007

    Hundreds of BBC workers could be forced to reapply for their jobs as the corporation tries to shed up to...

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    Liberal Democrats’ Sir Menzies Campbell slams Labour and Tories for scandalous state of armed forces accommodation

    by Gareth Vorster 16 Oct 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 16 Oct 2007

    Just before his surprise resignation, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell blasted both the Labour and Conservative parties for failing...

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    Hotels poach top talent for 2012 London Olympics due to skills shortages and staff retention problems

    by Personnel Today 15 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 15 Oct 2007

    Hotel staff are being poached by competitors to secure talent in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympic Games, a...

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    Human resources director’s vision includes jobs guarantee for NHS staff facing redundancy

    by Mike Berry 15 Oct 2007
    by Mike Berry 15 Oct 2007

    NHS workers facing redundancy should be guaranteed another job in the health service, according to NHS human resources chief Clare...

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    Key human resources posts available at police officer training body

    by Louisa Peacock 2 Oct 2007
    by Louisa Peacock 2 Oct 2007

    Several senior HR posts are up for grabs at the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), the public body created to...

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    Nominations now open for Contact Centre Innovation Awards 2008

    by Personnel Today 27 Sep 2007
    by Personnel Today 27 Sep 2007

    Presented by the Professional Planning Forum, the Contact Centre Innovation Awards 2008, offer recognition for work that has made a...

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    Most UK adults ignorant of how much they have saved in pension schemes

    by Gareth Vorster 18 Sep 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 18 Sep 2007

    More than half of UK adults have no idea how much cash they have accrued in pension schemes, mainly because...

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    Millennium & Copthorne hotels’ chief executive is third to resign in three years

    by Greg Pitcher 9 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 9 Aug 2007

    The prestigious Millennium & Copthorne hotel chain has denied underlying people problems after its third chief executive resigned in as...

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    External appointments to senior Civil Service jobs affect staff morale and Whitehall performance

    by Greg Pitcher 6 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 6 Aug 2007

    The influx of private sector managers into senior civil service positions is damaging Whitehall performance as well as morale, a...

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