What are boomerang employees? Challenges

Growing interest in hiring boomerang employees

Which sectors are these hires commonly seen?

Is this an employee or employer-driven trend?

Could a return cause disharmony and jealousy?

Why such employees are growing in numbers.

Synopsis: Every second Monday of the month, the Career Talk podcast by The Straits Times helps you take charge of your own career and make your ambition pay off.

Singapore companies hunger for talent in the tight market, all while progressive hiring and workplace practices take root.

Amid this, starting a second stint with a previous employer seems an increasingly plausible prospect.

In this episode, host Tay Hong Yi speaks with Mr Faiz Modak, associate director for tech and transformation at recruitment firm Robert Walters Singapore, to find out what these employees need to note.

Highlights (click/tap above):

1:13 What are 'boomerang' employees and why do they return to a previous employer? Common challenges

5:14 Why employers are increasingly keen to hire boomerang employees?

8:13 Sectors where boomerang employees are more commonly observed

9:45 Is this trend a result of bottom-up interest from employees, or employer efforts to court them?

17:15 Could a past employee's return cause disharmony and jealousy?

Produced by: Tay Hong Yi (hytay@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Teo Tong Kai and Hadyu Rahim

Edited by: Teo Tong Kai

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Why such employees are growing in numbers. Synopsis: Every second Monday of the month, the Career Talk podcast by The Straits Times helps you take charge of your own career and make your ambition pay off.
Singapore companies hunger for talent in the tight market, all while progressive hiring and workplace practices take root. Amid this, starting a second stint with a previous employer seems an increasingly plausible prospect. In this episode, host Tay Hong Yi speaks with Mr Faiz Modak, associate director for tech and transformation at recruitment firm Robert Walters Singapore, to find out what these employees need to note. Highlights (click/tap above):
1:13 What are 'boomerang' employees and why do they return to a previous employer? Common challenges
5:14 Why employers are increasingly keen to hire boomerang employees?
8:13 Sectors where boomerang employees are more commonly observed
9:45 Is this trend a result of bottom-up interest from employees, or employer efforts to court them?
17:15 Could a past employee's return cause disharmony and jealousy?
Produced by: Tay Hong Yi (<a href="mailto:hytay@sph.com.sg">hytay@sph.com.sg</a>), Ernest Luis, Teo Tong Kai and Hadyu Rahim
Edited by: Teo Tong Kai
Follow Your Money &amp; Career Podcast channel here:
Channel: <a href="https://str.sg/wB2m">https://str.sg/wB2m</a>
Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://str.sg/wuN3">https://str.sg/wuN3</a>
Spotify: <a href="https://str.sg/wBr9">https://str.sg/wBr9</a>
Google Podcasts: <a href="https://str.sg/ioWR">https://str.sg/ioWR</a> 
SPH Awedio app: <a href="https://www.awedio.sg/">https://www.awedio.sg/</a>
Website: <a href="http://str.sg/stpodcasts">http://str.sg/stpodcasts</a>
Feedback to: <a href="mailto:podcast@sph.com.sg">podcast@sph.com.sg</a>
Read Tay Hong Yi's articles: <a href="https://str.sg/w6cz">https://str.sg/w6cz</a>
Get business/career tips in ST's HeadSTart newsletter: <a href="https://str.sg/headstart-nl">https://str.sg/headstart-nl</a>
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Asian Insider: <a href="https://str.sg/JWa7">https://str.sg/JWa7</a>
Health Check: <a href="https://str.sg/JWaN">https://str.sg/JWaN</a>
Green Pulse: <a href="https://str.sg/JWaf">https://str.sg/JWaf</a>
Your Money &amp; Career: <a href="https://str.sg/wB2m">https://str.sg/wB2m</a>
ST Sports Talk: <a href="https://str.sg/JWRE">https://str.sg/JWRE</a>
#PopVultures: <a href="https://str.sg/JWad">https://str.sg/JWad</a>
Music Lab: <a href="https://str.sg/w9TX">https://str.sg/w9TX</a>
Discover ST Podcasts: <a href="http://str.sg/stpodcasts">http://str.sg/stpodcasts</a>
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True Crimes Of Asia (new): <a href="https://str.sg/i44T">https://str.sg/i44T</a>
The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia (5 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/wuZ2">https://str.sg/wuZ2</a>
Invisible Asia (9 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/wuZn">https://str.sg/wuZn</a>
Stop Scams (10 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/wuZB">https://str.sg/wuZB</a>
Singapore's War On Covid (5 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/wuJa">https://str.sg/wuJa</a>
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Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, get a headstart in your personal finance and career with The Straits Times.

Podcasters: Sue-Ann Tan & Tay Hong Yi

Produced & edited by: Amirul Karim

Executive producers: Ernest Luis & Lynda Hong

A podcast by The Straits Times, SPH Media.

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, get a headstart in your personal finance and career with The Straits Times.
Podcasters: Sue-Ann Tan &amp; Tay Hong Yi
Produced &amp; edited by: Amirul Karim
Executive producers: Ernest Luis &amp; Lynda Hong
A podcast by The Straits Times, SPH Media.

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