02/10/2022

The Keys to Employee Engagement and Retention

See the bigger picture of what employees need

Economic shutdowns, widespread job losses, shifting business models and the term social distancing’s adoption into mainstream verbiage are among the many impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

One of the most paradoxical results of the pandemic, though, is a phenomenon known as the “Great Resignation:” Despite high unemployment and labor shortages across many industries, workers have quit their jobs in record numbers.

According to the latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), 4.5 million U.S. workers quit their jobs in November, marking the eighth month of resignations exceeding pre-pandemic highs. The high level of resignations left 10.6 million open jobs by the end of November. Workers are leaving their positions for myriad reasons, including dissatisfaction with work-life balance, fear and hesitance to return to in-person work after exposure to working from home during the pandemic and the reevaluation of long-term career goals.

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