Human Resources Consulting Firm Provides Employee Retention Guidance
ou attract them, you
screen them, you interview Provide Competitive Compensation
them, you hire and train
them, and then they leave you. It Every one has heard the saying
is estimated that employee turn that money isn’t everything. That
over costs U.S. companies over may be true, but it sure does
one billion dollars annually. help! There are many resources
This cost comes from the expenses available on the web that can
associated with: Screening assist you in gauging how well
resumes, interviewing candidates, your compensation packages stack
testing, travel and moving up against the competition.
expenses, training, costs Generally speaking, employees
associated with exit interviews, that are under paid will feel
the administrative work that under valued, thus, causing them
comes along with terminations, to be more inclined to seek other
separation and severance pay, and employment. A nice blend of
increases in unemployment competitive compensation,
compensation. During my accompanied with a good benefits
employment as a Human Resources plan will help send the message
Consultant, I adamantly stress that: A) The company values you
the importance of exceptional and B) We are willing to compete
recruiting and retention to keep you.
practices. It seems as though all
too often I have clients calling Lead By Example
in with questions regarding an
employee they are planning on Employees can be very much like
terminating. The following are children, they will mirror the
some helpful tips for attracting behaviors – positive and negative
and retaining that “all star – displayed by those around them.
employee”. It is very difficult for
employees to follow policies and and you have created a recipe for
procedures which their superiors disaster. Consequently, the
are not willing to comply with. employees tend to have little or
Let’s look at an example. Company no respect for their superiors.
policy states that all employees These are the employees that will
must report to work by 8:00 a.m. leave you at the drop of a hat,
If the boss strolls in some where they will bad mouth you, they
between the hours of 8:30 and will put out sub standard work,
9:00 every day, it leads and in extreme cases they will
employees to believe that it is steal from you. Treating people
ok for them to do the same. On with respect is as simple as:
the flip side, if the boss is the
first one in the office each day * Saying thank you
it sets the precedence and sends * Listening to their ideas
the message that employees are * Giving a friendly smile or a
expected to report to work in pat on the back
accordance with company policy. * Treating people as equals
* Avoiding playing favorites
Give Respect Gain Respect
By treating your employees with
In order to gain the respect of respect I assure you they will
your staff you must be willing to respect you more and be far less
give them the same respect. As a likely to leave your
Human Resources consultant I organization.
often encounter employers and
business owners that don’t seem In my experience as a Human
to respect the people that work Resources consultant, business
for them. The employees are owners that follow these
undervalued and unappreciated, guidelines have greatly reduced
couple that with being underpaid their bottom line by limiting
turnover with in their the 30% of U.S. businesses that
organizations. Don’t allow you tank due to poor hiring and
organization to become part of employee retention practices.
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