Why the advertising-agency business is bleeding talent

This event report addresses the challenges that advertising agencies face in recruiting and retaining talent, based on data from LinkedIn, the business-orientated social network.

Why the advertising-agency business is bleeding talent

Geoffrey PrecourtWarc

In 2015, advertising agencies experienced a 25% global net "talent" loss. Moreover, the turnover for agencies has steadily increased – 10% year-over-year – when staffing is compared to "competitive" industries.

These findings are a slice of a massive LinkedIn study that began with the seven million site registrants who changed jobs in 2014, and was further refined to a survey of 10,536 people who self-reported a new position between December 2014 and March 2015.

And digging down into the results of that research, LinkedIn found that the reasons people leave...

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