Employee turnover is not the end of the world because it can provide the organization with an opportunity to refresh the talent pool, retune salaries, and replace old skill sets with newer ones. However, employee turnover does need to be monitored and managed.
Gordon Gekko was close when he said “Greed is good”. Just replace a […]

The job of retaining quality employees is not the sole responsibility of the human resources department, though too often managers abdicate their role in the process somehow believing that HR professionals will single-handedly create job satisfaction for their staff.
Employee job satisfaction is not just about having a job and receiving a paycheck, although all too […]

The best way to know what keeps employees from leaving is to ask, and yet many companies don’t take the time to find out what gives their workers the greatest job satisfaction.
Instead of beating your head against a wall trying to figure out what works, just ask. This may seem like a strange concept, but […]

Job satisfaction is determined by the relationship an employee has with his or her immediate supervisor. And yet research suggests that 89 percent of managers think it’s all about the money.
Actually, it’s all about you.
Rod Tidwell may have screamed, “Show me the money!” at the top of his lungs, but ultimately the most important thing […]

Be careful when defining “must have” job requirements or you may wind up looking for a needle in a haystack. Instead consider hiring for potential.
Hiring for potential is when you hire a candidate that has sufficient skills to perform the job but just needs to add a few others or fine tune those she already […]

Managers who ignore job descriptions by constantly redefining the candidate qualifications are a recruiter’s worse nightmare.
Ever work with a hiring manager who changes his mind about what he’s looking for in a candidate two weeks into the recruitment process?
And then again a week later?
And maybe even once more just for good measure?
The whole purpose behind […]

The best way to identify the top candidate for a position is to determine the profile of the most successful incumbent. There’s no arguing with success. Yes, sometimes we can be short-sighted and cling tight to the belief that “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
However, when it comes to hiring the best candidate, knowing […]