Engineer – A ‘job for life’ is no longer relevant for today

Employers need to offer more than long-term job security if they are to attract today’s pleasure-seeking skilled workers.

Bosses are being warned that the concept of ‘a job for life’ is no longer relevant to the modern workforce and businesses wanting to attract the best talent should invest in creating a fun and socially-active workplace.

A panel of business experts discussed the changing attitudes of professionals in the UK, suggesting skilled workers value ‘everyday perks’ such as a good social programme and fitness benefits more than long-term job stability.

Sam Gregory, managing director of B2B at Tangerine PR, suggested the power is very much in the employees’ hands: “Employees now have the attitude of, ‘I’m not stuck here forever, I do have choices, and if you don’t treat me properly as an employer and give me what I need, I’ll go elsewhere.

“Businesses simply cannot take their workforce for granted – they have to be more transparent and share more with them, it’s a very different environment that businesses are having to operate in now.”

Joining the round table debate to discuss what makes a great workplace, Gary Chaplin, managing director of Communicate Recruitment Solutions, said: “Wind back 40 years and there was the sentiment that employees’ surroundings didn’t matter. But now that the workforce has become more transient and a ‘job for life’ doesn’t exist anymore, the workplace environment has become a far more important aspect.”…

via A – a Design Engineer Article at Engineer Live.