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Top 7 Ways to Improve Employee Retention and Reduce Employee Turnover

  • Author: Amitai Givertz
  • Posted: August 3, 2007
  • Category: Miscellaneous, Employee Retention
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  • Comments: 1

Recruiting by Numbers: Friday, August 3rd, 2007

  1. Hire the best and avoid the rest.
  2. Redesign your orientation program for new employees.
  3. Provide flexible work schedules adapted to the needs of the individual.
  4. Provide career development. For many people, learning new skills and advancing their career is just as important as the money they make.
  5. Create an early warning detection system.
  6. Look for triggers.
  7. Identify and weed out poor managers.

Greg Smith, Top 7 Business

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Top 10 Ways to Hire Better People Faster

  • Author: Amitai Givertz
  • Posted: July 16, 2007
  • Category: Recruiting, Miscellaneous
  • Tags: Recruiting by Numbers
  • Comments: 0

Recruiting by Numbers: Monday, July 16th, 2007

  1. Compress the “white space” in your hiring process.
  2. Know what you’re looking for in candidates.
  3. Decide what sets your company apart and market it.
  4. Use multiple recruiting sources.
  5. Remember the best predictor of behavior is behavior.
  6. Always select for “can do” and “will do”.
  7. Blend technology into every aspect of your recruiting and hiring process.
  8. Hire an all-around athlete - the game can change tomorrow.
  9. Give recruiters and hiring managers the new skills they need to land talent.
  10. Build and manage your candidate pool as a precious resource.

Source: Vault

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Baby Boomers and the 21st-Century Talent Shortage

  • Author: Amitai Givertz
  • Posted: May 17, 2007
  • Category: That's Life, Miscellaneous, Employee Retention
  • Tags: Employee Retention, Recruiting, Workforce Planning
  • Comments: 3

In an article that appeared recently in Talent Management magazine Stephanie Klein asks what these people have in common:

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Bill Clinton, Katie Couric, Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Michael Jordan, Madonna, Brad Pitt, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Steven Spielberg, Jon Stewart, Donald Trump, Denzel Washington and Oprah Winfrey.

The answer? Well, this “diverse group of entrepreneurs, politicians and entertainers” are all high performers and for another, they’re all baby boomers. As the basis for a piece that suggests employers couldn’t do better than to recruit and retain knowledgeable, experienced, motivated boomers.

I cannot fault the logic of her argument. Can you? After all, a lot of people aged between 42 and 60 have a work ethic American business is banking on. Boomers too.

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  • Posted: January 29, 2007
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