Making a business case for outplacement—especially at scale—can be challenging, even for the most experienced HR leaders. But with redundancy intentions for UK firms at their highest in over 10 years, the need to support employees through transition has never been...
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What Are Stay Interviews? Understand in Under 5 Minutes
Stay interviews are often seen as the opposite of exit interviews, which focus on why an employee is leaving. But let’s take a closer look. What are stay interviews? What Are Stay Interviews? A stay interview is a proactive conversation—typically...
4 Ways Stay Interviews Improve Retention and Reduce Turnover
With the rising turnover rates, companies cannot afford to ignore how stay interviews improve retention. In December of last year, we saw the worrying figure of nearly one quarter (23%) of workers in the UK planning to leave their jobs within the short term – a 3%...
How the 2025 Jobs Market Makes Outplacement Support Essential
What’s the outlook if you find yourself unexpectedly a jobseeker in 2025, needing outplacement support? It hardly seems like 5 minutes ago we were talking about there being over a million job vacancies in the UK. Vacancies peaked at over 1.3 million in April...
How Top HR Leaders Are Tackling Employee Retention in 2025
Employee retention continues to be a crucial focus for HR leaders in 2025. If you’re among the best, you’re already leading the way by addressing critical trends in employee retention. If not, it’s time to catch up and ensure your organisation doesn’t fall...
Retirement will create a big hole…
Retirement will create a big hole in my diary. For over 40 years I have spent far more of my waking life at a desk, in meetings or travelling than I have doing anything else. Working long hours was a habit I developed when I worked in the advertising industry....
Stay interviews – five things to consider
Stay interviews are a realitively new concept. For years employers have been getting data from workers as they leave the organisation. These "exit interviews" provide excellent insight into why people have chosen to move on. However could you have avoided the...
Talent mobility – five reasons it should be on your HR agenda
Talent mobility was high on the agenda at this year's Arbora Global Conference. Arbora Chairman, and Chiumento MD, Mike Burgneay shares his thoughts on why this should be high up your talent management agenda. 1. Organisations are facing rapid change All businesses...