How do you get the Truth from Leavers?

I read recently about an organisation spending 600 HR hours a year on face to face exit interviews.  The end result, however, was that they had no hard data and really didn’t know accurately why people were leaving. 

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Level playing field

The CIPD’s annual Recruitment, Retention and Turnover Survey (2008) reports a number of key findings.

“Appointing people who have the potential to grow but who currently don’t have all that’s required is the most frequently used initiative to overcome difficulties”. Three quarters of respondents said this was their biggest challenge.

Some candidates seem attractive because they come across well in the interview, have leadership qualities or are particularly articulate. Read more

Take me to your…

Leadership is a skill in short supply.  This has a number of implications:
• it leads to poor succession planning, a particular problem for UK industry, and may be wiping £2bn a year from the FTSE 350 according to Investors in People;

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A Business Hit Parade

It may have taken place in 2005 but a piece of research by Accenture still gives a good overview of what’s at the top of CEO’s hit parade:

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4 Ways to ride out the Credit Crunch

Obviously the credit crunch and downturn are key issues at for anyone planning future investment – particularly if they’re were thinking of expanding their business and workforce. I’ve heard people complaining about the media and other pundits talking up the recession. There may be some truth in this accusation. Nonetheless there is enough to worry about and, in these matters, perception is everything.

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Put your money where you mouth is…

The Holst Group were contacted by TrainingZone.co.uk - the UK’s most popular site for corporate training professionals with an online network of over 40,000 active members.

Training Zone wanted to know why we were so confident about our Training Guarantee and why we promise to fully re-train clients who feel their programme has not been effective after three months.

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Lies, Damn Lies and CVs - How to Protect Yourself

The resignation of Boris Johnson’s Deputy Mayor has highlighted the critical importance of not simply accepting CVs at face value but checking and verifying them. Recent research by The Risk Advisory Group says that over 20% of CVs contain lies and over 50% have more than one “inaccuracy”! http://www.uknetguide.co.uk/Employment/Article/One_in_five_lies_on_CV.html.  Read more

You’re hired!

Lee McQueen lied on his cv and still won The Apprentice.  That’s a strong argument for not taking The Apprentice too seriously  - most of us rarely get the chance to assess candidates for nearly three months and make up our minds on, seemingly, instinct.  Read more