Your old company might want to hire you back
Companies are increasingly embracing 'boomerang hiring,' the practice of rehiring former employees who left on good terms. Data suggests this trend is growing as firms look to leverage the existing institutional knowledge and cultural fit of returning staff.
Why it matters
It reflects a shift in corporate recruitment strategies and the evolving nature of the modern professional career path.
Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz welcomes back former workers who left on good terms. Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Images Boomerang hiring is on the rise, and some CEOs see big benefits in bringing ex-workers back . Deel's CEO says returning workers can help reinforce other employees' decision to stay. Another CEO said he lets stars leave, knowing he'll be "calling them in a year to come back." When Ahmed Mousa wanted to return to the tech firm Deel, he texted CEO Alex Bouaziz a selfie of the two of them with another colleague. "hey! ready and fully committed. when can we recreate this photo?" Mousa wrote to Bouaziz.
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