New Year, New Job: Helping Employees Break that Particular Resolution

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One New Year's resolution that is perennially popular is the resolution to find a new job.  A significant number of employees evaluate their careers at the end of the calendar year.  As a result, expect to see many job fairs and more help-wanted listings (yep, even in a recession). 

If you are an employer or HR professional, you want to make sure that your best employees stay with you.  You want to help them seek those new career opportunities within your organization.  As I've written before, 47% of top-performing employees are actively looking for jobs, while only 18% of low performers are (Source: Leadership IQ).

All of which makes this a great time to conduct an employee loyalty study.  Because this is one New Year's resolution you do not want your best employees to keep!