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Recruitment market Is work-life balance a driver for employee turnover?     Four out of five employees in the UK say that work-life balance considerations play a crucial role in their decision to stay with or leave their current employer, according to research from Watson Wyatt.    Watson Wyatt's WorkUK Survey - conducted from a representative sample of 3,000 private sector     work-life balance to be a very important consideration, if not the key consideration, in deciding to leave for a new job.    "A certain level of turnover can always be expected, indeed it is often perceived as healthy," said Jake Outram, a consultant at Watson Wyatt. "But while it is unlikely that all of the 40 per cent of     employees considering changing jobs will actually do so, our research demonstrates that many employers may be neglecting a key factor affecting their employees' attitudes to staying in their positions. It is therefore important that employers understand how their employees, and in particular their high-performers,     perceive their work-life balance.' The research also found that the concern with work-life balance is not limited to employees within specific job levels. The response to this issue is almost identical for managers and non-managers.        workers in the UK - found that over 40 per cent of employees are actively considering finding a new job with a different employer. The survey also found that nearly 80 per cent of employees believe

Class of 2005 doubt the jobs they will get will meet their expectations     Members of the class of 2005 appear optimistic about finding full-time jobs soon, although they are less certain that those jobs will meet their expectations, according to the results of a multinational survey released by Accenture.    According to the findings of the survey—which entailed querying 1,600 recent or soon-to-be college and university graduates in the United States, United Kingdom, France,     full-time job within six months, and only one-fifth believe it will take more than one year to find a job.    Graduates in the United States and the United Kingdom are the most confident about finding a job soon—61% and 69% respectively of respondents in those countries said they believe they will find a job within six months, compared with 54% of respondents in both Germany and Spain and only 41 % of respondents     in France.    Despite this overall optimism, only about one-third of all respondents are extremely or very confident that those jobs will meet their expectations. Graduates in the United States and Germany are most optimistic, with 53% and 47% of respondents in those countries, respectively, saying they are "extremely confident" or "very confident" about finding jobs that meet their     expectations. This compares with 36%, 27% and 21% of respondents in the United Kingdom, France and Spain, respectively.    As was the case last year, graduates are unsure that their existing skills will help them find jobs. Just 23%—the same percentage as last year—said that the most important skills they can offer prospective employers are their people and communication abilities.     Germany and Spain —six in 10 respondents who are not working full-time said they anticipate beginning a

Consultants' Forum What should a strategic sales consultant be paid?     "Can anyone help? I have just been offered a role as a strategic sales consultant in the consultancy division of a FTSE 100 company. This involves both internal and external clients. I have 5 years experience as a strategic sales consultant working for a couple of small     specialist but well known strategic sales consultancies and have worked on projects at a number of market leading blue chips in pharma/fmcg/telecom and other industries as both team member and project manager on a couple of occasions. Also extenisve experience     working in Latin America for blue-chip clients. I speak Portuguese and Spanish fluently. I have an additional 12 years experience in industry mainly in technical roles but also more recently as a sales manager for blue chip fmcg. New role will involve selling and     delivery of projects. The latter initially working with a project director until I take total ownership of whole process in maybe 12-18 months. Having been out of the consultancy loop for 4 years, I have no idea of what salary, car, other benefits and commission I should be     looking at. I am not greedy but need an idea of my market value. Can anyone advise? Martin."    Click Here For Forum

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