Work It Podcast: Why do people who quit come back to the same company?
For many job seekers, going back to their previous company provides a level of familiarity, which is also beneficial for the company during the onboarding process.
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Looking for a job or trying to nail it at your current one? Host Tiffany Ang and career counsellor Gerald Tan help navigate your important - and sometimes thorny - work life questions.
Jump to these key moments:Â
- 1:48 Reasons why employees boomerang
- 6:36 Evaluating rehires carefully
- 10:19 What do companies look for?
- 12:55 Do not burn bridges when you leave
- 16:01 Adapting to a Gen Z workforce
According to the latest salary survey guide by Robert Walters, three in four professionals are open to returning to their previous employers. Besides coming back to higher salaries and new job scopes, what other benefits do boomerang employees get when they return?Â
Our guest Josephine Chua, HR director at Aloft Singapore hotel, discusses the pros and cons of hiring boomerang employees. Â
The internal immersion (and) onboarding process for boomerang employees (are) equally if not more important than (for new hires), as you'll need to communicate with existing employees on why this employee has been rehired.
It's not about setting (policies) that (decide) how many times an employee (can be rehired), instead it's about setting processes to evaluate boomerang employees ... and their organisational culture fit and contributions.
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