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It's important to know the difference between a dead end and burnout before you make any career decisions. A dead end represents a stronger incompatibility with career choices themselves. It is a feeling of emptiness in the contribution you are making in your professional life. Burnout might be a signal that something needs to change and you simply need to recharge.

In this climate of increased competition for critical skills, it is harder for organisations to recruit the right talent. Even if you can source skills externally, hiring costs will exceed what you spend to build the same skills among your existing workforce. In this and any other climate, the best solution is to build skills from within.

How to Influence your C-Suite to continue investing in marketing and communications during a downturn so that you can emerge with a stronger brand and a more significant share of voice within your market.

This year has seen a record number of employees working remotely, forcing firms across the country to adapt to a new normal. Rather than being a hindrance, this has been a valuable opportunity for companies - and leaders within those companies – to analyse, evaluate and implement new ways of working. This has been especially important with regards to the attraction, onboarding, and integration of new talent.

The second of a three part series on mobility and its benefits. Divya Dewan, LHH's Practice Leader for Career Development & Mobility, delves into the headwinds employees might be facing in their organisations, and how they can provide their employees with the right support and tools to thrive.

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The final part of the series on mobility and its benefits. Divya Dewan, LHH's Practice Leader for Career Development & Mobility, explains how organisations can best implement mobility and how to measure its effects.

The retail industry has long been associated with higher-than-average employee turnover. The British Retail Consortium’s quarterly survey for Q1 2023, which accounts for one in five jobs across multiple sectors within retail, reported an average turnover rate of just over 50%. And the retail businesses we speak to are still struggling with retention.

What strategies can your organisation adopt to elevate its Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) position? In the first article in our series, we focus on how D&I can be reflected in your recruitment process.

At just 24, a Gen Z’s CV may already be running to two pages - perhaps even three. A generation ago, listing a plethora of short-term jobs would have been a red flag - an indicator of no sticking power. But for young employees in 2023 this temporary mindset might actually be a much smarter strategy.

From tech to talent scarcity, these are the trends shaping recruitment in this sector today.

After more than nine years as the Vice President of Global Markets, Policy, for General Motors and a long career on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Lee Godown was not interested in retirement. He wanted to step back, figure out what was most important to him and then decide what he was going to do next.