IS IT TIME FOR A CHANGE ?
Robert Kenward , Fitability ® recruiter at YOU Search & Select and founder of The Hub . Jobs , explores the reasons why employees are moving on to new ventures
he great resignation is looming ; how do you decide whether to join in or not ? The past couple of years have had a huge impact on people , and their work experiences have varied wildly .
In one corner , we have the person who stayed in their job , but then had to do everyone else ’ s job for the same salary and were expected to feel grateful . They feel that they weren ’ t looked after , so they feel a bit disgruntled and are now looking for another job .
In the other corner , we have the person who was furloughed , but is now back at work . They feel that they were treated badly and not kept in the loop , so they feel a bit disgruntled , and are now looking for another job , too .
In the third corner , we have the person who was made redundant ,
Left : Recruitment expert Robert Kenward and simply had to grab a job to pay the bills . They may be working for a company they hate , in a sector that they don ’ t enjoy and for a salary that is less than they were used to . They have been feeling disgruntled for a while but have been biding their time until now . They are also looking for another job .
There is a fourth group that overlaps the other three segments . In this group , we have the person who should have naturally moved on to the next step in their career last year , but couldn ’ t move through lack of opportunity , or the fear of giving up job security . They are not disgruntled , but they are now looking for another job .
Moving on Employers and recruiters are expecting many people to move jobs this year , but it will come as a shock when they realise that even the people who were fully employed through all this still want to move on .
Employers feel that this is the group that was looked after ; they carried on working and getting paid , so they are okay , right ? But these are the people who had to firefight , and who had to do four people ’ s jobs with no support and no extra money .
It may also come as a shock that the group that were furloughed are also feeling disgruntled – after all , they were paid almost all their salary to be off work , so they must be happy , right ?
It depends on how communication was handled and how they were treated . If an employer looked after their furloughed team , communicated and didn ’ t just cast them off , they are going to be in a much better place .
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