Recruiting Midcareer Employees In The Face Of The Great Resignation

The challenge that businesses are facing, in light of the Great Resignation, is recruitment and retention. Many businesses are benefiting from hiring midcareer employees in the Gen-X or Baby Boomer age group. Here are a few reasons why.
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COVID-19 has brought many challenges that we were not prepared for. Given the crisis, prolific burnout, being shut down again and again, and the conflict between the vaccinated and unvaccinated, these changes became too much for many people. Some employees retired or decided to change industries completely, and some decided they needed to fully focus their attention on caring for their families and homeschooling their children. This is what is being called the Great Resignation.

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The challenge that businesses are facing, in light of the Great Resignation, is recruitment and retention. Many businesses are benefiting from hiring midcareer employees in the Gen-X or Baby Boomer age group. Here are a few reasons why:

RELIABILITY
There’s a sense of steadiness and life experience that can’t be trained. Many older workers are skilled and have a level of experience, critical thinking, and knowledge that can’t be taught.

GLOBAL APPROACH
When approaching an issue, midcareer employees often take a global approach. They are more likely to set out a series of concrete actions that contribute to the delivery of organizational objectives. This is a skill that comes with their bounty of experience.

PATIENCE AND HUMILITY
Patience and humility are important when it comes to upward movement in a company and when receiving messages from leadership. By recruiting midcareer employees, you are more likely to hire people that are receptive to constructive feedback.

EMPATHY
Because midcareer employees have a higher degree of work and life experience, they tend to be more empathetic to other employees and are more likely to act as a mentor for the younger generation.

DEEP UNDERSTANDING
Midcareer employees typically have a deeper understanding of what they want or do not want in life. An example would be goal setting, which comes more naturally to them with deeper clarity.

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If you would like more information or would like to learn about other benefits that help to recruit and retain employees, contact us, www.atlasinsurance.com.

 

 

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