Does the struggle of attracting and retaining top talent sound familiar? Have you been told to simply offer higher salaries or better benefits, only to be still facing high turnover rates and recruitment challenges? Andy Goram speaks to Darius Matusiak from the Recruitment firm, Macildowie, who has recently rebranded as a Recruitment & Retention company in the face of today's challenges. Darius Matusiak brings over a decade of expertise to the table, and as Managing Director of the Partnerships division, is well placed to give us an inside view on what happening with the questions around recruitment and retention.

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Key Takeaways

• Overcoming recruitment and retention challenges to build a thriving workforce.
• The impact remote work, flexibility and A.I. is having on modern recruitment practices.
• How a consultative approach for more effective and personalised recruitment.
• The key factors that contribute to employee turnover and learning to address them effectively.
• How to adapt recruitment and retention strategies to meet the evolving needs of the workforce

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Key Moments

The key moments in this episode are:00:00:10 - Introduction to Sticky from the Inside 00:02:13 - The Shift from Recruitment to Retention 00:07:14 - Importance of People-First Culture 00:10:03 - The Broken Recruitment Industry 00:14:52 - Understanding Generational Differences 00:16:47 - Gen Z's Work Preferences 00:17:40 - Impact of AI on Work 00:19:50 - The Four-Day Workweek 00:23:40 - Importance of Culture and Retention 00:24:03 - Shift from Recruitment to Recruitment and Retention 00:33:22 - Current financial challenges 00:34:05 - Retention and employee value 00:36:20 - Business focus on retention 00:38:49 - Focus on retention efforts 00:41:47 - Sticky Notes for dealing with recruitment and retention challenges

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