M.Comm. (Business Management) / An exploration into the level of high staff turnover in the recruitment industry and the possible reasons for the turnover. A quantitative study using a survey with carefully considered reasons for why consultants would leave the recruitment industry. Making use of Binary Logistic Regression modelling and Boosted Regression Tree analysis (BRT), the main reasons for why consultants leave the recruitment industry were identified with applicable outcomes and recommendations for future study.