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Which of the following attracted current staff to the housing sector?
Interesting work	54%
Making the best use of your skills and abilities	49%
Feeling of achieving something worthwhile at work	45%
Convenient hours/flexitime	38%
Varied work	37%
Working as part of a team	36%
Working for an organisation that serves the public	30%
Job security	28%
Training and development opportunities	27%
Career development opportunities within the sector	27%
Worked in the sector before	27%
Good benefits package	25%
Pay	19%
Principles/ethics	19%
Recommendations from friends, relatives, others	9%
No pressure/relaxed job	8%
Career development opportunities outside the sector	6%
Methodology: The report was based on interviews and surveys with nine human resources directors, 1828 current staff, 100 new entrants and 50 leavers at nine housing associations: Bromford, Dane, East Thames, Family, Genesis, Jephson, Northern Counties, St Vincents and the William Sutton Trust. The research was conducted in summer 2003. It can be viewed on www.housingcorp.gov.uk from early summer

Which six factors are most important to current staff?
Good basic pay	70%
Interesting work	67%
Job security	49%
Reasonable working hours	42%
Good benefits package	42%
Feeling you have accomplished something worthwhile at work	37%
Making the best use of skills and abilities	36%
Flexible working	36%
Reasonable working environment	30%
Opportunity to career development	30%

What do new entrants dislike most about their job?
Feeling of pressure or stress	20%
Less interesting work	10%
Pay	9%
Working environment	9%
Working with difficult members of staff	8%
Working far from home	6%
Do not feel valued	4%
Not feeling they’ve accomplished something worthwhile	4%
Skills and abilities not used to their full potential	4%