Today’s talented employees make real choices before they join an organisation. Having a strong employer brand can be one reason why a talented person might consider your organisation in the first place. However, creating the brand is not enough.

People want to work for a company that they respect, organizations that take employee relations seriously will be seeking to engage the hearts and minds of their employees and seeking to attune their dreams with the organization. This attunement should be demonstrated through the way an organization recruits, develops, rewards and retains individual employees.  read more »

Only 14% of workers in the UK are "engaged" - while 44% are either disenchanted or disengaged, according to a new survey by professional services firm, Towers Perrin.

Engagement is not satisfaction or happiness, but the degree to which workers are freely giving their time, energy, creativity and knowledge to their work, stated Julie Gebauer, leader of the firm’s Workforce Effectiveness practice  read more »

Small and medium sized-enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are struggling to hold onto their staff, according to recent research.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's (CIPD's) annual Recruitment, Retention and Turnover Survey revealed that almost eight in ten firms struggled to retain staff last year – compared to nearly seven in ten the previous year.  read more »