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For those in resourcing, retaining top talent is the burning question on everyone’s agenda.
And with almost four out of ten jobseekers turning down their first job offers, it’s incumbent on HR departments and recruiters to curate an employment package that considers employees’ actual needs, or they’ll find themselves on the turnover treadmill, in a vicious cycle of recruiting outgoing talent.
Not only is finding, interviewing and training new employees costly and time intensive, a high churn can be detrimental to remaining employees’ morale, believes Jon Addison, Head of Talent Solutions LinkedIn UK.
Speaking exclusively to HR Grapevine, he argues that the initial recruitment stages can help to identify an appetite for longevity in your business. “At LinkedIn, we recently launched ‘Inside the Mind of Today’s Candidate’ - a global piece of research which sought the views of over 6,500 professionals and 7,700 recent job-switchers across the globe,” he says. “Our research has revealed the top reasons why professionals stay in their companies and why they might start looking for new opportunities.”
