<P> Internal turnover, called internal transfers, is generally considered an opportunity to help employees in their career growth while minimizing the more costly external turnover . A large amount of internal transfers leaving a particular department or division may signal problems in that area unless the position is a designated stepping stone position . </P> <P> Unskilled positions often have high turnover, and employees can generally be replaced without the organization or business incurring any loss of performance . The ease of replacing these employees provides little incentive to employers to offer generous employment contracts; conversely, contracts may strongly favour the employer and lead to increased turnover as employees seek, and eventually find, more favorable employment . </P> <P> Practitioners can differentiate between instances of voluntary turnover, initiated at the choice of the employee, and involuntary turnover initiated by the employer due to poor performance or reduction in force (RIF). </P> <P> The US Bureau of Labor Statistics uses the term "Quits" to mean voluntary turnover and "Total Separations" for the combination of voluntary and involuntary turnover . </P>

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