{"id":4274,"date":"2020-04-16T14:09:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T14:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/?p=4274"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:17:09","slug":"glossary-employee-retention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/glossary-employee-retention\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee retention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping good employees is more cost-effective than recruiting new ones. Yet many organisations underestimate the true cost when someone leaves.<\/p>\n<p>In the face of <a href=\"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/glossary-skills-shortage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skills shortages<\/a>, employee retention becomes a strategic priority. The cost of turnover \u2013 often up to an annual salary \u2013 is rarely fully accounted for. Organisations that offer development opportunities, invest in targeted training, and provide attractive working conditions increase loyalty. Retention does not begin at the point of resignation \u2013 it is shaped in everyday working life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/glossary-employer-branding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Employer branding<\/a> alone is not enough if the internal reality does not match the promise. Effective retention requires genuine dialogue: managers and employees need to speak openly about future prospects. Often, what is missing is clarity about individual goals and potential. A <a href=\"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/glossary-personal-and-professional-assessment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">personal and professional assessment<\/a> can help make both visible \u2013 providing a foundation for <a href=\"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/glossary-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">career<\/a> development that combines professional and personal growth.<\/p>\n<p>This turns employee retention into a shared endeavour \u2013 based on mutual respect and a forward-looking perspective.<\/p>\n<h2>Articles on employee retention (<a href=\"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/articles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all articles<\/a>)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/know-yourself-or-others-will\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Know yourself, or others will.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/2026.karrierecoaching.ch\/en\/when-its-time-to-move-on-in-your-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">When it\u2019s time to move on in your career<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping good employees is more cost-effective than recruiting new ones. Yet many organisations underestimate the true cost when someone leaves. In the face of skills shortages, employee retention becomes a strategic priority. The cost of turnover \u2013 often up to an annual salary \u2013 is rarely fully accounted for. 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