It's a predicament that increasing numbers of senior managers face as the recovery picks up and more companies are hiring to expand. They are also plucking the best recruits from organizations that don't want to lose them. The companies being raided are running lean and mean, which means the staff they have now are the ones they want to keep. With the recession loosening its grip, many are, taking action on projects that have been on the drawing board for years. The last thing they want is to lose a key player.
Employers are more serious now about keeping their important people.
In this atmosphere, we are seeing U.S.- based companies fly in heavyweights to talk middle managers out of leaving. Presidents of Canadians companies are personally pitching high-potential brand managers to stay. Second, if you stay, they can promise you an immediate raise. And they hold out the promise of enhanced responsibility, or outright promotion, just down the road. The trouble is, an offer that seems to good to be true usually is.