In today’s competitive job market, top talent retention is more critical than ever. As an HR professional, you might be familiar with exit interviews. But have you considered the proactive approach of stay interviews? Stay interviews are a powerful tool that can...
Chiumento Blog
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The Hidden Value of Outplacement Services
In today’s fast-paced world, careers are anything but linear. My own journey from hospitality to a Marketing Executive, with stops in design along the way, is a testament to the unpredictable nature of professional growth. But what happens when the unexpected strikes,...
Good Work Index 2024: Are Stay Interviews Worth It?
In 2012, we explored the Good Work Index in the UK, highlighting the importance of employee well-being and job satisfaction. Fast forward to 2024, and the landscape of workplace happiness has evolved with mental health support and work-life integration emerging as...
Knowing Your Numbers: Fostering a Healthy Career
"Knowing your numbers" is often talked about as a key attribute of the best business leaders. And no doubt a command of the P&L, cashflow and KPIs is really important. However, in the last few weeks I've been reminded that there's another set of numbers we need to...
Streamlining Career Coaching: Occam’s Razor for HR Success
Why invest in streamlining career coaching? Occam's Razor would suggest it's simple – help your people progress in their career, or they'll seek opportunities elsewhere. Through our exit interview work, we know that two of the big drivers of resignations are...
Executive career transition
Executive career transition rarely ends when a delegate receives a job offer. There's still often work to do at the end of a successful outplacement programme. Chiumento MD Mike Burgneay explains how we help individuals land successfully in new roles. The first 100...
Cash or outplacement – which should you choose?
Cash or outplacement? It's a choice some employers give to their people when exiting from the organisation. So how do you choose which to take? Chiumento MD Mike Burgneay gives his opinion. Taking the cash might seem a sensible idea When you are faced with redundancy...
Affordable volume outplacement
Making volume outplacement affordable has always been a challenge. We understand that when making volume redundancies, the cost of quality outplacement can seem prohibitive. With many traditional individual programmes starting at over £1,000 per person or more the...
Job search – is it getting tougher out there?
How hard is job search in the Autumn of 2023? One of the early questions our delegates usually ask us is: how long will it take to find another job? And honestly there's no simple answer. There are too many variables. From where you live and what you do to what...
Offering outplacement is an investment
Offering outplacement to staff impacted by redundancy might at first seem an odd decision. Why invest in those leaving the organisation? Especially if the whole point of the reorganisation is to save money. In my first proper HR job, I remember being invited by the...