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Retention

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  • Date:
    1 May 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Three themes HR is likely to ignore in 2024 - but shouldn't!

    Every year it's the same: January rolls around and suggested priorities for HR abound. But with teams increasingly stretched, important issues then get cast aside or neglected. Here, as organisations find themselves deep into Q2, we draw attention to three themes that HR professionals are likely to overlook, based on what they have told us in our surveys. But, for the reasons explained here, they really shouldn't!

  • Date:
    25 April 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Four steps HR can take to help businesses and employees embrace the new "squiggly" careers era

    Careers are "squigglier" than ever. Where traditional professional development tended to be linear, individuals now often trace more zigzag-shaped paths as they acquire new skills to adapt to rapidly changing workplace needs. Career mentor and expert Laurie Macpherson sets out four ways in which HR can support employees to upskill, grow their network and track their achievements - so allowing organisations to retain talented members of their workforce rather than losing them to opportunities elsewhere.

  • Date:
    9 January 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Rebuilding in 2024: Strategies for reshaping worker expectations

    This could be a pivotal year for HR. As ever, the cornerstones of what we do will be recruitment, retention, motivation, performance and productivity, but - asks Andrew Walker of Personal Group - what do they mean for HR and reward professionals in 2024 and beyond?

  • Type:
    Editor's choice

    Employee value proposition (EVP): Resource round-up

    A round-up of XpertHR resources on developing an employee value proposition (EVP).

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Managing retention: Developing a positive organisational culture

    Leading practice guidance discussing the key areas that can help to create a working environment in which employees feel positive, valued and motivated.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Managing retention: Reward

    Leading practice guidance discussing how employers can use reward to help improve retention, for example by helping employees to appreciate the value of their remuneration package.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Managing retention: Effective recruitment practices

    Leading practice guidance discussing how effective recruitment and onboarding processes can have a positive impact on employee retention rates.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Managing retention: Employee development

    Leading practice guidance discussing the importance of providing learning and development, and career progression opportunities, to help retain employees.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Managing retention: Creating a retention strategy

    Enhanced by creating five separate guides on managing retention, to help you find the guidance you need. This initial guide focuses on the steps that employers can take to establish a staff retention strategy and the business case for doing so.

  • Type:
    How to

    How to monitor labour turnover

    Revised and improved throughout, to focus on practical guidance for HR.