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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.


    • Employee engagement
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    • People analytics

    One in five workers to quit in 2024

    by Rob Moss 6 Dec 2023
    by Rob Moss 6 Dec 2023

    Analysis of employee engagement data by Culture Amp suggests a UK attrition rate of 20% in 2024, with collaboration key to retention.

    • Latest News
    • Knowledge management
    • Tech sector

    OpenAI CEO returns after staff threaten to quit

    by Rob Moss 21 Nov 2023
    by Rob Moss 21 Nov 2023

    The creator of ChatGPT is a facing the threat of OpenAI staff quitting unless the board reinstates it co-founders.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    Frontline workers stay in jobs for skills development

    by Jo Faragher 15 Nov 2023
    by Jo Faragher 15 Nov 2023

    Frontline worker retention hinges on access to learning and development, a survey has found.

    • NHS
    • Latest News
    • Labour turnover

    UK doctor workforce grows, but more graduates needed

    by Jo Faragher 13 Nov 2023
    by Jo Faragher 13 Nov 2023

    The number of licensed UK doctors continues to grow despite increasing rates of burnout, according to the General Medical Council.

    • Age
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Disability

    Why employers need to rethink retention

    by Euan Cameron 10 Nov 2023
    by Euan Cameron 10 Nov 2023

    How we approach recruitment and retention in a challenging labour market is not working, so what can we change?

    • Learning & development
    • Labour market
    • Recruitment & retention

    Employees more likely to stay if they can explore internal jobs

    by Stuart Smith 9 Nov 2023
    by Stuart Smith 9 Nov 2023

    PROMOTED | Research finds more than half of employees would be more likely to stay at their organisation if they could explore internal mobility opportunities.

    • Childcare
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    Childcare workforce plan needed to avert staffing crisis

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Nov 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Nov 2023

    A childcare workforce plan is required to meet demand when more free places are rolled out, a report has claimed.

    • Employee relations
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    • Labour turnover

    Research: Missed exit interviews are a missed opportunity

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Oct 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Oct 2023

    More than half of UK employees were not invited to a formal exit interview when resigning from their last job role, new research has shown.

    • Hybrid working
    • Career development
    • Latest News

    ‘Career consumerism’ requires a talent management rethink

    by Professor Nick Kemsley 20 Oct 2023
    by Professor Nick Kemsley 20 Oct 2023

    Nick Kemsley examines the talent lifecycle and looks at how talent management needs to adapt to the era of career consumerism.

    • NHS
    • Carers
    • Latest News

    CQC pinpoints workforce pressures in health services

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Oct 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Oct 2023

    Over half of respondents to the CQC’s survey of adult social care providers in England said they were having challenges recruiting new staff and 31% said they were having challenges in retaining them.

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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • ESG

    How Sky aims to make careers more diverse and inclusive

    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Oct 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Oct 2023

    Sky is on a mission to ensure its workforce is reflective of the audience it serves.

    • Latest News
    • Leadership training
    • Management training

    ‘Accidental managers’ are driving attrition

    by Rob Moss 16 Oct 2023
    by Rob Moss 16 Oct 2023

    Research by the CMI and YouGov shows that 'accidental managers' are creating retention problems for UK organisations.

    • Latest News
    • People analytics
    • Recruitment & retention

    How to retain key talent using the power of people analytics (webinar)

    by Rob Moss 12 Oct 2023
    by Rob Moss 12 Oct 2023

    ON-DEMAND Join Steph Kukoyi and Rob Moss to learn how people data can inform a successful retention strategy.

    • Department for Education
    • Education
    • Latest News

    Teacher recruitment plans like ‘filling bath without a plug’

    by Rob Moss 10 Oct 2023
    by Rob Moss 10 Oct 2023

    School leaders union NAHT says government plans for teacher recruitment in 2023-24 fail to acknowledge the scale of retention problems.

    • Civil Service
    • Latest News
    • Public sector

    Prison officers lured by Border Force posts

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Sep 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Sep 2023

    Recruitment drives by the UK Border Force has led to prisons near ports and airports finding it difficult to retain staff, a Prison Service has reported.

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