HRDs more open than ever to hiring 'boomerang employees'

Research from hiring firm Robert Half UK has revealed that more and more employers, and recruiters, are open to rehiring former employees.  

This practice is called hiring boomerang employees - those returning to a former employee. Companies are becoming increasingly receptive to the idea of rehiring former workers, with 83% of HR executives reporting they are more accepting of boomerang employees than they were three years ago.  

Based on more than 200 interviews with senior HR directors (HRDs) from companies across the UK, just seven per cent of those asked are opposed to rehiring former employees.

36% of HR leaders claim to have successfully rehired a former staff member who left their organisation. A quarter of HR executives said they have previously employed a boomerang employee but wouldn’t do it again.