{"id":7579,"date":"2018-03-29T16:05:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T14:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmkedev.wpengine.com\/?p=7579"},"modified":"2022-01-12T20:18:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T18:18:35","slug":"brightermonday-hr-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/brightermonday-hr-forum","title":{"rendered":"The 5th HR Forum: A Sharp Focus on Employee Retention"},"content":{"rendered":"

Employee retention is almost as big an issue in the job market today as unemployment. While most focus and emphasis is placed on the unused surplus talent in the market, that fact that employed employees keep exchanging one employer for another within and across industries mostly goes unnoticed. \u00a0A recent <\/span>survey<\/span><\/a> by BrighterMonday revealed that there is a general engagement level of 27% among Kenyan employees. This means that most companies lose a lot after recruiting and training employees only for them to leave within a year. <\/span><\/p>\n

The 5th HR Forum held at Fairmont the Norfolk was held to address the employee retention issue among Kenyan companies. To help unpack this weighty issue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speakers at the forum tackled topics that feed into the theme of employee retention. These topics included;<\/span><\/p>\n