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Lack of career progression is
the main reason people decide to change jobs, according to
recent survey we conducted. We asked over 600 candidates why
they were looking for a new job. The ten most common reasons
given were:
1. Lack of career
progression
2. Seeking new
challenges
3. Salary
4. Lack
of training or development
opportunities
5. Poor
management
6. Too much
stress
7. Travel time too
great
8. Seeking to specialise in a
particular field
9. Poor work/life
balance
10. Office
politics.
With the current tight labour market pushing
retention to the top priority for employers, we hope these
results will help employers in their formulation of retention
strategies.
“In a candidate-tight market retention is
more important than ever,” says Jacky Carter, Director of
Hays. “By identifying the common reasons people decide to look
for a new job, businesses can focus on preventative strategies
to work towards keeping their existing talent.
“As our
survey shows, a big part of this is giving staff room to grow
and develop their careers within the business. Linked to this
is the importance of providing new challenges to staff as many
candidates surveyed said they felt stale or bored in their
current job and felt they were not going anywhere in their
role,” said Jacky.
“A lack of training or development
opportunities was also a high factor, ahead of work/life
balance and stress. Poor management was also a key reason for
leaving a current job, with lack of direction, little
empowerment or lack of recognition from management common
complaints.
“Unsurprisingly, salary was a high factor
although it is not the main motivating factor for candidates
seeking to change roles,” Jacky said.
612 candidates
were surveyed.
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