A few months ago, I cited a UK survey that said that 40% of professionals were actively looking for a new job.  Last week, an article in CNNMoney said that, based on another recent survey, 84% of all workers will be looking for new jobs in 2011 which was up from the 60% of all workers looking for new jobs just a year ago (see below).

Is your company at risk of losing a large population of your people?

Why don’t you find out…

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Employers watch out: Your workers can’t wait to quit.

According to a recent survey by job-placement firm Manpower, 84% of employees plan to look for a new position in 2011. That’s up from just 60% last year.

Most employees have sat tight through the recession, not even considering other jobs because so few firms were hiring. For the past few years, the Labor Department’s quits rate, which serves as a barometer of workers’ ability to change jobs, has hovered near an all-time low.

But after years of increased work and frozen compensation, “a lot of people will be looking because they’re disappointed with their current jobs,” said Paul Bernard, a veteran executive coach and career management advisor who runs his own firm.

Douglas Matthews, president and chief operating officer for Right Management, a division of Manpower, called the results “a wake-up call to management. … This finding is more about employee dissatisfaction and discontent than projected turnover,” he said.

Workplace Engagement Survey

The Workplace Engagement Survey™ (WES) measures the degree to which your employees connect with their work and feel committed to the organization and its goals.

This gives you and your management teams a detailed view of what influences engagement across all of your workforce segments and how your employees compare statistically to the overall working population. In addition, the WES measures “satisfaction with employer” and “satisfaction with manager” across your entire organization and gives recommendations for your organization to improve.

Why survey your employees?

Employee surveys are becoming a popular management tool. They not only help management investigate whether employees align with corporate values, but they identify problem areas and elicit information to increase engagement.

Employees who are highly engaged, are:

• Excited and enthusiastic
• More focused on their work than “watching the clock”
• Willing to give high levels of discretionary effort
• Emotionally involved with the company
• Mentally involved with company
• Not easily distracted
• Focused
• Highly productive

If you have a problem and you can measure it, you can fix it.