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Jackie Jiran, 48, has just made a major midlife career change that allows her to work from home. “I am able to, in a way, have it all,” she says.
Mark Zdechlik | MPR News |
Americans are quitting their jobs at a record pace. Some people are retiring early. Others are switching careers. Employers are having to change up their worker recruiting and retention strategies.
The Labor Department said nearly 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs in September. That's almost 1 million more than the number for the month of September in 2019 before the pandemic.
Minnesota doesn’t have numbers for 2019, but the state’s Economic Development Department says the rate of people quitting jobs here picked up significantly this September compared to last year.
The rise in people leaving their jobs has turned Jeff Kortes from a headhunter to an employee retention consultant.
“Seventy percent of my business is in the employee retention side, working with people to lower their employee turnover,” Kortes said, adding that employers need to abandon the “you’re lucky to work for me” mindset if they want to attract new people and keep the workers they have.
“I think the one thing that most organizations don't get is the fact that they've got to care about people more than they ever have,” Kortes said. “They've got to show them respect. And they've got to give them appreciation and praise. It's not like it was. One of the biggest things they can do is take the blinders off and get creative." [Continue reading]
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