03/24/08 10:05 am ET
Maybe you are and you don’t know it.
Monster has released a new book: Finding Keepers. It is full of good tips for recruiting and attracting the best candidates. Feds need to change the dynamic when recruiting and consider new ways to gain talent in the organization. Networking and discussion among colleagues is often a terrific source of potential job candidates. In Finding Keepers, Monster reveals that there are many more folks willing to change jobs than have been originally estimated. It has been viewed that about 20 percent of the workforce are actively looking for new opportunities, and 80 percent are passive, or not looking. However, Monster finds this scenario:
About 30 percent of employees are Settled Loyalists - they “claim allegiance to current job and employer” and are “difficult to recruit.”
About 11 percent are Poised Loyalists – they “claim allegiance but have a lower personal barrier to switch.”
And, about 59 percent are Poised Opportunists – they “are clearly open to the next opportunity to change” and “many are actively looking.”
This research clearly impacts traditional agency recruiting techniques.
COMMENTS
I think in government service you find a lot more loyalty. It is called “service” and many are truly there because they feel they are helping the national good. Outside of government service you find little or no loyalty to the employer. This has occurred over the last several decades. This is simply because most employers have shown absolutely no loyalty to the workers. When at the first sign of financial problems you lay off workers and give the CEO a bonus for saving money, why should the remaining workers show any loyalty to the employer. Many if not most people make decisions based on self interest. I think this is more prevalent now than 20 or 30 years ago. If another employer offers me a better opportunity to achieve my personal goals regardless of whether they are financial or something else why shouldn’t I take it?
Ray 03/25/08 10:27 am ET
Everyone is always looking for a better job, it's finding one that is sometimes hard. Almost everyone I know is constantly looking.
Rena 03/25/08 09:10 am ET
Seriously,
In my inner/outer circles, the number of fine folks with their eys and ears open is far greater than 59% (they wouldn't claim this out in the open for obvious reasons).
Just a though.
Rich 03/25/08 07:07 am ET