The Randstad Workmonitor is aimed at a scientific understanding of employees’ intent to change jobs over the next six months. While this is the central objective of the study, a few other aspects such as the mix of office time – personal time, preference of face-to-face contact over phone / e-mail and the influence of the Internet and smart phones have also been studied. Essentially, the Workmonitor is a ‘lead indicator’ on employee mobility that can enable organizational preparedness for future scenarios.

The study was conducted across a statistically significant sample of 117,597 employees across 32 countries which include 5480 employees across major states in India.

The findings of the study have been indexed to have an easier understanding of the employee mobility intent. The mobility index is derived based on employees responses to two questions about their intent to change their job – the first question is about changing the current employer for a comparable job in the next six months and the second question is about changing their current employer for a different job / profession in the next six months.