Category: First Year Turnover

How to Reduce First-Year Employee Turnover

Companies across the US regularly face the issue of employees exiting the organization within the first year of employment. This is important because replacing an employee is an expensive practice that can be cured. Continue reading to learn the best way to reduce first-year employee turnover. A recent study shows that 52% of employee turnover occurs within the first twelve… Continue reading How to Reduce First-Year Employee Turnover

Improve Employee Retention with Stay Interviews

The U.S. workforce is experiencing a turnover tsunami and those organizations proactive in employee feedback efforts will undoubtedly see their retention improve.   Like mining for gold, you actively prospect and sift through applicants to strike pay dirt with employees that have the potential to be high-performers and to stay with your company for a… Continue reading Improve Employee Retention with Stay Interviews

The Employment Relationship and the Power of Choice

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Power in the employment relationship is an interesting concept and I have never actually discussed the matter using that term. We typically talk about the employment relationship in terms of who has control, but it is easy enough to translate control into the word power. For nearly a decade following the 2008 recession, unemployment was… Continue reading The Employment Relationship and the Power of Choice

The Importance and Necessity of Actionable Exit Interviews

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The necessity for employers to utilize the highest quality of Exit Interviews that produce actionable insights has never been greater.   So what exactly are high quality Exit Interviews? It’s simple really. High quality Exit Interviews are those that allow the former employee to be candid enough and comprehensive enough to give the exact reasons… Continue reading The Importance and Necessity of Actionable Exit Interviews

Hire and Attract the Best Talent with Employee Recruitment Studies

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From the time we’re old enough to talk we’re taught, in one way or another, how important first impressions are…how once that first impression is made you can never have another, and how hard it is to change someone’s initial opinion of you. The recruitment process at organizations can be the same way. Whether it… Continue reading Hire and Attract the Best Talent with Employee Recruitment Studies