Recruitment Or Retention?

Does the struggle of attracting and retaining top talent sound familiar? Have you been told to simply offer higher salaries or better benefits, only to be still facing high turnover rates and recruitment challenges? Andy Goram speaks to Darius Matusiak from the Recruitment firm, Macildowie, who has recently rebranded as a Recruitment & Retention company in the face of today's challenges. Darius Matusiak brings over a decade of expertise to the table, and as Managing Director of the Partnerships division, is well placed to give us an inside view on what happening with the questions around recruitment and retention.

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Key Takeaways

• Overcoming recruitment and retention challenges to build a thriving workforce.
• The impact remote work, flexibility and A.I. is having on modern recruitment practices.
• How a consultative approach for more effective and personalised recruitment.
• The key factors that contribute to employee turnover and learning to address them effectively.
• How to adapt recruitment and retention strategies to meet the evolving needs of the workforce

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Key Moments

The key moments in this episode are:
00:00:10 - Introduction to Sticky from the Inside
00:02:13 - The Shift from Recruitment to Retention
00:07:14 - Importance of People-First Culture
00:10:03 - The Broken Recruitment Industry
00:14:52 - Understanding Generational Differences
00:16:47 - Gen Z's Work Preferences
00:17:40 - Impact of AI on Work
00:19:50 - The Four-Day Workweek
00:23:40 - Importance of Culture and Retention
00:24:03 - Shift from Recruitment to Recruitment and Retention
00:33:22 - Current financial challenges
00:34:05 - Retention and employee value
00:36:20 - Business focus on retention
00:38:49 - Focus on retention efforts
00:41:47 - Sticky Notes for dealing with recruitment and retention challenges

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Useful Links

Follow Darius Matusiak on LinkedIn here

Visit the Macildowie website here

Find the Happy Workplace Project Podcast here

Visit the 4-Day-Week website here

Follow Dr. Dale Whelehan on LinkedIn here

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Full Episode Transcript

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