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households “revealed that 22 per cent of respondents said they didn’t expect to be in their
current job in a year,” 69 while a Right Management survey found that “84 percent of U.S.
employees plan to look for new jobs in 2011 – up from 60 percent a year ago.” 70
Summary
Given the CF’s small ‘mid-level’ cohort, the CF’s pool of future commanders and
key senior staff members is much smaller than the CF of the past or the present, so it is
“imperative that attrition here be kept as low as possible.” 71
The CF must retain as many
of its best people as possible to ensure proper depth of knowledge and experience to lead
the Forces in future. Failure to do this will place younger, less experienced leaders in
positions ahead of their time. For example, Britain’s 19.1 million older, long-service
workers will be replaced by only 1.2 million mid-generation workers, meaning “…9.7
million [short service] members ‘will be pushed faster into more high-powered jobs to fill
this skills shortage.’” 72
Some will rise to the occasion, but many will lack depth and
experience, which could have adverse consequences for the Forces as a whole – mistakes
made in a military situation by improperly experienced senior leaders can have lethal and
69 "Job Satisfaction Lowest Level in 22 Years," HR Leader - Leading People and Organisations,
http://www.humanresourcesmagazine.com.au/articles/11/0C066F11.aspType=59&Category=917
(accessed January 25, 2011).; Ibid.
70 Brian Anthony Hernandez, "84% of Workers Want to Quit Jobs, Find New Gigs in 2011 |
Employee Dissatisfaction, Workforce Mangers & Leaders, Economy | Business News Daily," Business
News Daily, sec. News & Trends, December 28, 2010, http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/84-percentemployees-seek-new-jobs-2011-0858/
(accessed February 23, 2011).
NDDN (40-3), 2.
71 Standing Committee on National Defence, Recruitment and Retention in the Canadian Forces -
72 E. Lush, "The Workplace Diva has Arrived," Spectator Business, no. 1 (May, 2008), 2,
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdwebdid=1997058031&Fmt=7&clientId=1711&RQT=309&VName=PQD.