Retention

New and updated

• 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.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Improving the employee experience: What is the employee experience and why does it matter?

  Leading practice guidance defining the term "employee experience" and discussing how it is fundamental to your organisation's success.