Panel Discussion

People’s Industry – People’s Dilemma : Enticing and retaining the current talent pool .


The biggest challenge faced by a media organization today is not one of innovation, growth or profitability. Rather, it is about retaining one's finest employees. For a qualified media professional these days, there is no dearth of jobs. He only needs to send out feelers before he's flooded with offers. But the issue is to find enough of the better lot .
The employees in the industry often get itchy for a new job when they hit the 18-month mark with their current employer. High turnover is particularly popular with young employees, many who believe that staying more than a year or two in the same organization is a career faux pas. Instead of working up the corporate ladder at the same company, new graduates prefer to build up their resumes with multiple employers and a variety of positions. New grads and other workers may also have a financial incentive to change jobs frequently. One can’t always tell if employees or co-workers are considering a career switch, but if the top-performers and the senior executives show these outlandish signs, it’s time to start taking applications.
One question all employers have asked themselves is, “How do we keep top performers?” This is especially crucial right now, with the desire for good talent at an all-time high and fierce competition for that limited talent pool. Therefore, what are the strategies that employers need to develop and implement for recruiting the right people — and retaining their current high performers? Also therefore a question arises as to whether the industry itlesf has done enough to be assured of a sustained availability of talent pool .Therefore in an industry that runs on people , retaining people is the biggest dilemma .