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Olivier Group is committed to sharing knowledge and market developments in the field of staff retention as we firmly believe that we can add value to your business by helping you reduce undesirable staff turnover.



Last month we continued this campaign by suggesting to CEOs and CFOs that it would make good business sense to allocate some of their HR budget for 2005/6 to retention.

We are pleased to advise that a new report, released by our advertising and communications partner, TMP Worldwide, independently published last week, has come to very similar conclusions.

Its major finding is that while most companies consider employee retention Very Important they found that companies surveyed were prepared to spend significantly on recruitment firms and advertising but far, far less on retention.

In their words, companies have -

Money to burn to keep the front door openÖ.No money to shut the back door.

Itís a crazy but valid corollary.

Click here to review the full report

The report also finds that few companies have formal employee retention programs. And that is where Olivier Retention Partners can help you. We are specialists in providing research, strategic advice and hands on help with employee engagement and retention risk management.

Click here to review information on an approach that might work for your business. It includes a handy assessment of your current employee engagement survey.

http://www.olivier.com.au/misc/Applications_Programs_Brochure.pdf

Give Bob Olivier a call on 8244 8403 or email retention@olivier.com.au if you would like to find out more.

Jillian Upton
Retention Analyst
Olivier Retention Partners