Abstract

The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of headhunting recruitment strategy on employee retention strategy in the Nigerian banking industry. The objective is to examine the effect of headhunting recruitment strategy on employee retention in the banking industry. The study makes use of primary data by administering structured questionnaire to employees of Zenith Bank Plc, a money deposits bank in Egor local government area, Oredo local government area, and Ikpoba Okha local government area in Benin City of Edo State of Nigeria and Stata 13.0 statistical tool is used for the analysis of data. The results show that headhunting recruitment strategy has a significant positive effect on employee retention strategy while selection practice has a significant positive effect on employee retention strategy.

Keywords: Employee retention strategy, headhunting recruitment strategy, recruitment, selection practices.