Talent pipelines | HR's big task - promoting promotions amid a career progression slump

Remember the good old days – you know, when talent was so keen to earn more, progress, and move up the corporate ladder, that they would be actively knocking on HR or their line-managers’ doors to get them that next coveted step up?

Today, HR professionals could be forgiven for thinking his would be a nice problem to have. Recent data from global consulting firm, Randstad, suggests this chutzpah of old is being replaced by antipathy and ennui, where rather than wanting to take the next rung up, many employees are actively resisting it, preferring to stay exactly where they are. Randstad found nearly half of employees (42%) actually said they would decline a promotion if offered one.