Remote Job Trends and Retention Strategies 2024

With recruiting expected to remain a challenge in 2024, retaining staff is a primary focus for businesses.

A consistent theme among workers is the desire for flexible work options. Astute employers realize offering them helps retain top performers and attract highly skilled candidates.

Companies can always do more to help keep workers engaged, especially with compensation and career advancement. Robert Half’s talent solutions professionals can walk you through the data and help develop a plan that works for your team’s specific needs.

Retaining top talent Retaining top talent

Finding talent quickly when it's needed Finding talent quickly when it's needed

Finding qualified candidates Finding qualified candidates

Addressing skills gaps Addressing skills gaps

Increasing
compensation Professional
development Increasing
recognition
efforts Allowing
employees to
work remotely
part-time Offering
retention
bonuses Accelerating
promotions or
job title
changes Increasing
compensation Professional
development Increasing
recognition
efforts Allowing
employees to
work remotely
part-time Offering
retention
bonuses Accelerating
promotions or
job title
changes

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A higher salary A higher salary

Better benefits and perks Better benefits and perks

More flexibility More flexibility

A higher-level position A higher-level position

Technology Marketing and
creative Finance and
accounting Human
resources Administrative
and customer
support Legal Technology Marketing and
creative Finance and
accounting Human
resources Administrative
and customer
support Legal

With employers seeing high retention value in offering flexible work options, fully on-site job postings have dropped by 12 percentage points since Q2 of last year — as hybrid and remote options have increased.

Q2 '23 Q3 '23 Q4 '23 Q1 '24 Q2 '24 Q3 '24 Q2 '23 Q3 '23 Q4 '23 Q1 '24 Q2 '24 Q3 '24

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, administrative and customer support, legal, 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 (1-99 employees), midsize (100-999 employees) and large (1,000-10,000 or more employees) businesses in private, publicly listed and public sector organizations across Canada.