Half of the UK workforce want to change jobs by Christmas?

Employers have been urged to review their staff retention programmes to ensure that their best employees don’t jump ship as the economy begins to pick up.

The call came after a pan-European survey of more than 7,500 workers, by consultancy Aon Consulting, revealed than nearly half (47%) of the 1,000 UK respondents were planning on looking for a new job before the end of the year. The research showed that men (48%) are marginally more likely than women (47%) to look for a new job.

Peter Abelskamp, executive director of health and benefits for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Aon Consulting, said the austerity measures taken by employers to counter the recession have created discontent among employees, meaning the risk of of losing key personnel was “definitely very real”. ”This could seriously undermine an organisation’s competitive position once the recovery takes hold,” he said. “Without doubt, if you consider an employee to be valuable, the chances are that your competitors will too. Now is an ideal time to rally the troops and incentivise talented personnel.”

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