Retaining top talent Retaining top talent

Successfully navigating economic cycles Successfully navigating economic cycles

Keeping my team motivated and engaged Keeping my team motivated and engaged

Having to implement cost-cutting measures within my department Having to implement cost-cutting measures within my department

Increasing
recognition
efforts
Allowing hybrid
work
Allowing flexibile
hours
Expanding
professional
development
Increasing
compensation
(raises/bonuses)
Using contract
talent to ease
workloads
Accelerating
promotions or
job title changes
Increasing
recognition
efforts
Allowing hybrid
work
Allowing flexibile
hours
Expanding
professional
development
Increasing
compensation
(raises/bonuses)
Using contract
talent to ease
workloads
Accelerating
promotions or
job title changes
A higher salary A higher salary

More advancement opportunities More advancement opportunities

Better benefits and perks Better benefits and perks

More flexible work options More flexible work options

Finance and
accounting
Technology Marketing and
creative
Legal Administrative and
customer support
Human resources Finance and
accounting
Technology Marketing and
creative
Legal Administrative and
customer support
Human resources
With employers seeing high retention value in offering flexible work options, fully on-site job postings have dropped by 6 percentage points in the last year — as hybrid and remote options have increased. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Greater visibility within their organization Greater visibility within their organization

Stronger connections with colleagues Stronger connections with colleagues

More productive in an office environment More productive in an office environment

In-office, remote and hybrid calculations are based on job postings provided by TalentNeuron. Positions are categorized to over 350 job titles within Robert Half’s 2024 Salary Guide using a proprietary mapping methodology that employs state-of-the-art large language models. This dataset includes roles across the finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, administrative and customer support, and human resources professions. Surveys were developed by Robert Half and conducted by independent research firms. Respondents included executives, senior managers and workers from small (20-249 employees), medium (250-499 employees) and large (500+ employees) businesses in private, publicly listed and public sector organizations across Canada.