The past year was superficially a stable one for me in terms of employment. I use the word superficially because my job title didn’t change and neither did the work I perform.
There were a number of internal “shuffles” throughout the year though, to keep things fluid and interesting.
Today I received an email from LinkedIn saying that 17 of my 121 connections changed jobs during 2011. That’s 14 percent of people.
I wonder how that compares with the total workforce?
It’s probably on the low side, because according to this web site, nearly 25 percent of Australian employees will change jobs this year.
According to Life Work Solutions:
- More than 50 percent of the people recruited in to an organisation will leave within two years.
- One in four people recruited will leave within six months.
- Nearly 70 percent of organisations report that staff turnover has a negative impact.
- Nearly 70 percent of organisations report having difficulties in replacing staff.
- Approximately 50 percent of organisations experience regular problems with employee retention.
I’m lucky to be happy doing what I’m doing, and in fairness to my 17 LinkedIn connections who changed jobs, I know some of them at least simply had their titles varied and they continue to perform the same work.
As for LinkedIn, it’s an interesting form of social media. I don’t use it as often as Twitter or Google+, but it fills a niche for employment-related activity.
My LinkedIn profile is here.
