February 2022

Creating a Culture of Retention

By |2021-12-01T19:13:07-04:00February 28, 2022|Companies, Retention Culture, TalentSphere|

The War for Talent

In most industries, the days of the Gold Rolex for 25 years of service have come to an end. Hoping your employees will stay with your organization out of sheer loyalty or to prove a resolute amount of intestinal fortitude is no longer the key to retaining the vital leaders within your team (or the future leaders waiting-in-the-wings). The war for top talent has created a pendulum effect that fluctuates between a candidate-driven and an employer-driven marketplace. […]

The Work/Life Balance

By |2021-12-01T18:38:56-04:00February 21, 2022|TalentSphere, Companies, The Work Life Balance, Work Life Balance|

Today’s recruitment market is the toughest we have seen for a long time. Pressure has increased significantly for employees to work longer and longer hours while employees are trying to manage decreasing margins and increasing costs. One of the areas that is currently “hot” is work-life balance. The employees seem to benefit, but what are the issues for employers?

As we all know the demand for increased productivity, profitability and of course earning more money has brought about more stressful working […]

Retaining the Best Staff

By |2021-11-18T17:49:23-04:00February 7, 2022|Companies, Ways to Improve Candidate Communication, Staffing a Shared Service Centre, Share and share alike: share option schemes, Training, Retaining the Best Staff|

Retention of key staff should be a key issue for any employer at the moment. We are in a candidate short market the likes of which we haven’t seen before, even in the late 80s, so retaining the good people you have is almost more important than getting them into the organisation. For most employers, the true cost of a new employee is not the agency fee or the advertising, but the training and “ramp up” to full productivity that […]

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