Is Sustainability the Answer to New Hire Disenchantment?

Blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company
Jul 29, 2011 12:27 PM ET

Taiga Company blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Compa…

Talent management has become a business sustainability hot topic.  In order to meet the growing demands of business sustainability and maintain a competitive advantage over today’s talent seekers, business executives are making ‘first year’ talent management a priority. Business sustainability planning coupled with an increasingly competitive job market has accelerated the need to develop specific business sustainability strategies to manage incoming ‘high potential’ talent.  The ability to identify, select, develop, and retain quality employees will set many organizations apart.     Explained in greater detail in the Management Today article, Graduates: the Generation Y-stick-around, the root of new hire frustration is ‘Disenchantment’. New graduates are apparently unhappy with the chances of career advancement and salary in their current roles.  According to the research, the areas that have most significant impact on retention include: click here to determine if sustainability is the answer to new hire disenchantment.   

Home to one third of the earth's trees, the Taiga is the largest land-based biosphere and encircles the globe. Its immense oxygen production literally changes the atmosphere and refreshes the planet. It is this continuous renewal that has shaped Taiga Company's vision to drive similar change in the business world. Taiga Company seeks to be the "oxygen for your business".