THE CONVERSATION
A company culture to believe in
What can leaders do to retain talent and find new talent waiting to be discovered ?
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BY CHRISTINA WESTBROOK
Last year , 38 million U . S . workers decided it was time to leave their jobs . The reasons given are myriad and industry opinions are diverse .
Jennifer Saavedra , chief human resources officer at Dell Technologies , and Vanice
Hayes , chief diversity officer at Dell Technologies , discuss how to capitalize on your company ’ s strengths to attract new hires while building an authentic culture that will retain — and even grow — the talent you already have .
PHOTOS BY JEFF WILSON
The wave of people quitting their jobs in 2021 has been coined the Great Resignation . The tech industry , in particular , was hit hard . Why do you think this is happening ? Jennifer Saavedra : I ’ ve heard that term a lot , but it suggests to me that people are just leaving the workforce completely . While that might be true for some , I don ’ t think it accurately reflects what we ’ re witnessing . I prefer other names it ’ s been given : the
Great Reflection or Great Reshuffling . In the last 24 months , people have reconsidered what they value and what they want from work and life .
Vanice Hayes : Yes , I completely agree . I think the expansion of choice has proven you can make money in different ways . In the past , you would go to work at a company for 20 or 30 years , and then you would retire . Now people want more agency over the flow of their day