Tackling talent challenges with a blast from the past

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By Adam Malik

Amid a shortage of talent, trying to bring back former employees is one strategy your business should try. And this may be no better time, according to a study.

According to recruitment consultancy Robert Walters, nearly four in five (79 per cent) employees who left for what they thought would be greener pastures would be open to returning to their previous employer. Half of them said the reasons why they left — purpose, pay or flexibility — are no longer applicable in today’s market.

These are called ‘boomerang employees’ — those who left for a new company but are returning to their old one.

Robert Walters further found that 95 per cent of employers would take back those employees. About one in five (23 per cent) have