Skilled Vs. Unskilled Employees
Unskilled positions often have high turnover, and employees can generally be replaced without the organization or business incurring any loss of performance. The ease of replacing these employees provides little incentive to employers to offer generous employment contracts; conversely, contracts may strongly favour the employer and lead to increased turnover as employees seek, and eventually find, more favorable employment.
However, high turnover rates of skilled professionals can pose as a risk to the organization due to the human capital loss in the form of skills, training, and knowledge. Notably, the specialization of skilled professionals makes them more likely to be re-employed within the same industry by a competitor. Therefore, turnover of these individuals incurs both replacement costs to the organization as well as resulting in a competitive disadvantage to the business.
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