The employee-dominated market undoubtedly has posed a challenge to employers all around as more employees are becoming informed and empowered. This has caused employees to have the upper hand in choosing where they work, and they are not afraid to move on to a new organisation.

With talks of The Great Resignation, and now The Great Retention, it is undeniable that the recruitment market has seen shifts in the trends surrounding the talent pool. These trends are important for employers all around to consider in the 2022 recruitment market in order to attract new talent and retain existing ones

The greatest disruption from the pandemic is the shift to remote work arrangements. The workplace is no longer a physical space which employees occupied during regular office hours – the workplace becomes a location where work actually happens. And now as we begin the shift to an endemic phase, corporate Malaysia is embracing hybrid work.

Employers in recent years have seen a crunch in the talent market, especially now that candidates have the upper hand. For employers this means facing difficulties in hiring new talent into the organisation. But what should employers do to overcome this problem?

Internal mobility may be the answer. Internal mobility is the movement of employees, whether vertically or laterally,