Is there a key workplace factor that can improve both a company’s profitability and its ability to attract and retain top talent?
Across Europe, collaboration is becoming just that opportunity. Two-thirds of European business leaders agree that enabling flexible working environments has a bigger financial impact on their bottom line than cutting operational costs. They also report a 39% increase in employee productivity when flexible work arrangements are allowed.
Meanwhile, millennial talent—a segment of the population with critical future-ready skills—stand out with an above-average desire to work in agile, inclusive, and collaborative environments. With skilled candidates in short supply in many European industries, it’s important for employers to understand that they can attain a collaborative work environment, and that such an environment can help to foster worker engagement and capture a competitive advantage.
As a pioneer in the staffing industry, and in the study of workforce preferences, Kelly takes a high-level look at collaboration as it pertains to the global worker today. In addition to analyzing worker preferences and psychographic insights based on survey data from the 2015 and 2014 Kelly Global Workforce Index™ (KGWI), this report collects insights from the Kelly Free Agent Survey (2015) and other research sources. Unless otherwise noted, all statistics come from recent Kelly workforce research data.
Contributors: Kelly Services, KellyOCGCategories: Whitepaper
SRC Type: Sourcing, Talent Management, Trends