What exactly is an exit interview? An exit interview is an interview held with an employee about to leave an organization, the objective being to better understand the employee’s reason for leaving and their experience working with the company. The insights gleaned can be used to help managers make improvements and bolster overall retention efforts.Talent with specialized sk...
The ability to work remotely is an increasingly popular employee retention driver. Respondents from our latest Talent Retention Report in the creative, marketing, digital, fashion, beauty, and retail sectors ranked remote work as third in importance just under compensation and health benefits. Further, 80% of those surveyed said that they would look for another job if the...
Onboarding is the first opportunity employers have to make a positive and lasting impression on new recruits. And because hiring highly skilled workers in creative, marketing, and digital sectors is no easy feat, it is in an organization's best interest to prioritize the onboarding experience so they can hold on to that valuable talent. Failing to focus on new employees’ o...
Way to go! You’ve worked hard and now you’re on your way to officially becoming a leader. Maybe you’ve been promoted within your company or perhaps you’ve accepted a role as a manager with a new employer. You’re excited to hit the ground running but also a little nervous about how things are going to change and how you’ll adapt to those changes. We’ve got you covered! Here a...
Today’s labor market is still hot and the demand for talent continues to outweigh the current supply, particularly when it comes to those with specialized skills. This means that if top-performing team members leave, you could face great difficulty in replacing them. As such, employee retention should remain a front-and-center concern for companies of all shapes and sizes.I...
One of the greatest risks to employers is employee burnout. Once an employee has communicated that they feel burned out, it’s possible that their next communication could be a resignation letter. So it is of utmost importance that managers get in front of employee burnout before they get burned by it. WHAT IS EMPLOYEE BURNOUT?Employee burnout is the result of chronic workpl...
A few years ago, remote work was a bit of a professional anomaly. Perhaps you knew a friend of a friend who worked from home or maybe you had a family member who only went into the office three days a week. Back then, remote work was something most of us had heard of, but few had experienced it first-hand. But then COVID-19 rolled in, and we exchanged our desktops for lap...
With the end of 2021 in sight, 24 Seven surveyed over 500 professionals in the Marketing, Creative, and Technology sectors to capture trends in the current, highly competitive hiring market. Hiring managers report facing numerous challenges, the overarching one being that the power dynamic has shifted in favor of the job candidate. Other difficulties to overcome include a ...
To say the pandemic altered business operations is an understatement. As the pandemic worsened, organizations had to tighten their belts. Unfortunately for many, compensation, most notably raises, were a significant casualty of 2020 and the global pandemic. 24 Seven Talent’s latest job market report found that only a third of the companies surveyed raised employee salaries ...
As the COVID crisis becomes increasingly controlled, some companies are announcing their plans to return workers to the office over the remaining months of the year. As a result, 2021 will mark when remote work went from being a coveted perk of a small progressive company segment to an operational reality for most firms. A PwC survey of nearly 700 CEOs indicated that over...
