by Ian Gooden | Oct 16, 2023 | Career management, Flexible Working, Retention
Employee retention is high up the HR agenda in many organisations right now. Skill shortages mean recruiting replacements is time-consuming and expensive. If you can even find the cabndidates. Over 30 years we’ve talked to thousands of individuals about their... 
by Ian Gooden | Oct 12, 2023 | Talent mobility, world of work
Helping organisations through change is a core part of Chiumento’s mission. We are undoubtedly best known as an outplacement business. However it would be wrong to think we only get involved in the final stages of change programmes. We support our clients in... 
by Ian Gooden | Oct 10, 2023 | Career management, Coaching, Talent management
Career coaching interventions can help in many different scenarios. Here’s just a few examples of how Chiumento can make a difference to you and your people. New Directions Organisations change. And therefore so do the roles they need. Our New Directions programme is... 
by Ian Gooden | Oct 6, 2023 | Organisational culture, Talent management, Uncategorized, world of work
Here at Chiumento we know a thing or two about homeworking success. We started talking about it as a potential future business model way back in 2010. At the time we were reviewing our property portfolio and starting to ask some serious questions about how much of our... 
by Ian Gooden | Oct 4, 2023 | Outplacement, Redundancy
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... 
by Ian Gooden | Sep 25, 2023 | Outplacement, Redundancy, world of work
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... 
by Ian Gooden | Sep 21, 2023 | Outplacement, Redundancy
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... 
by Ian Gooden | Sep 15, 2023 | world of work
Work-life balance is a much-used phrase. However what does it really mean? Let me say up-front I have never really liked the term. Let me explain why. Too often I find people use work-life balance to describe an idealistic world where there are hard boundaries between... 
by Ian Gooden | Sep 12, 2023 | Organisational culture, Talent mobility
Toxic high performers are individuals who deliver great results but by means that can completely undermine an organisation’s culture. Over a decade ago, we developed the Chiumento Culture Matrix to help clients explore this concept and challenge their... 
by Ian Gooden | Sep 7, 2023 | Exit Interviews
Making the business case for exit interviews is relatively easy. Here’s just some of the factors you should consider. Having vacancies costs money Rarely does an employee leave without implications. Those implications come in many forms. It could mean you are...
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