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%...
Chiumento Blog
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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...
Navigating Redundancies: A Guide for HR Leaders
Redundancies are one of the most challenging tasks HR professionals face. The emotional and logistical weight of navigating this difficult process can feel overwhelming. As an HR leader, you’re not just managing the process—you’re managing the emotional well-being of...
Exit Interviews: The HR Game Changer to Driving Success
Reflecting on my career, I’ve come to appreciate the significant impact that exit interviews can have on an organisation. Moreover, in my current role, I see firsthand how valuing employee feedback can drive positive change and foster a healthier work environment....
Navigating Redundancies: A Guide for HR Leaders
Redundancies are one of the most challenging tasks HR professionals face. The emotional and logistical weight of navigating this difficult process can feel overwhelming. As an HR leader, you’re not just managing the process—you’re managing the emotional well-being of...
The Hidden Fallout of Redundancy: How It Impacts Everyone
When talking about redundancy, our first thoughts are often for those put “at risk” of potentially losing their job. Nevertheless, it is important to think about your wider team and how you support them through change and the uncertainty ahead. The Importance of Line...
Why buy outplacement?
Why do employers buy outplacement services? At first glance it might seem counter-intuitive - ie spending money on people leaving the organisation. Especially if the root cause of redundancy is a need to cut costs. We asked our Operations Manager, Lesley Colella why...
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...