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Employer of Choice
How important are the following factors in making your current employer an employer of choice?
Only 73% of respondents to the European survey consider their present employer is an “employer of choice”,
in comparison to 83% in the UK, 69% in South Africa, 63% in Asia and 60% in the Middle East.
2007 2008 2009
0%0% 10%10% 20%20% 30%30% 40%40% 50%50% 60%60% 70%70% 80%80%
Leadership/Management Style
Reward & Recognition
Business Vision & Future Potential
Company Values/Ethnics
Personal Development Culture
Promotional Opportunities
Work Life Balance
Internal Communication
Colleagues/Social Dimension
Support in gaining your qualifications
Brand Values
Corporate Social Responsibility
Relocation Possibilities
53%
(-2%)
Salary Satisfaction
How satisfied are you with your current salary?
very (+4%)
9%
The majority of survey participants (62%, down 6%
versus last year) are fairly or very satisfied with their
current salary. 38% say that they are not satisfied
10%
not at all (+4%)
(down 6% from last year).
28%
not very (-4%)
Reasons for leaving Employer
If you were to leave your present employer,
2007
2009
2008
2008
2009
2007
what would your main (important) reason be?
0% 14%14% 2828%% 442%2%
556%6% 7070%%
After better career prospects (65%) the
most likely reason for leaving an employer is
Better Career Prospects
management style (37%), followed by work
in a different country (23%) and change of
Management Style
career (18%). Consistent with the present
economic climate, it is not surprising that Work in a different country
those who would leave for a “better benefits
package” has dropped significantly from
Change of Career
35% in 2008 to 17% in 2009.
Better benefits package
Relocation
Redundancy
Retirement
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