January and February are said to be the most popular months for job changes but a recent study has found a solution to make good workers stay.
A study on employee turnover has shown people are more likely to quit because their work is unfulfilling, even if they have good relationships with management. Launched by Facebook, the study also shows that those workers who use their strengths more often and feel they are gaining valuable career experience are less likely to leave for another job.
Lead researcher of global HR think-tank Reventure, Dr Lindsay McMillan, said this latest research joins mounting evidence that employees are looking for greater purpose and meaning at work. Earlier research by Reventure revealed that 72 per cent of Australian workers were looking for purpose and meaning in work.
“Carrying out a job with a fixed role description that actually contains the work you enjoy and excel at is almost akin to winning the lottery – it’s extremely unlikely,” Dr McMillan said. “Our research has found that jobs need to be crafted around employees, not the other way around.
“Job crafting reimagines roles according to employees’ strengths and what they are passionate about, which increases the level of purpose and meaning they feel at work. Give workers a purpose – this is a crucial element that management often overlooks when attempting to retain workers.
“Work has to be meaningful for employees to stay on long-term – some large organisations like Facebook understand this and are adopting initiatives like job crafting to keep their best workers,” Dr McMillan added. “More organisations need to follow suit in order to avoid a high employee turnover in 2018.”
The research conducted by HR think tank Reventure is part of its national workplace campaign a future that works, which is aimed at highlighting effective and practical solutions so that workplaces can more actively engage with modern challenges.
