Employee retention is a hot topic going into the new year. The hiring market still favors those looking for jobs over those looking to fill jobs - unemployment is still low and there are still currently more jobs than people to work them. This means that amongst your hiring efforts for 2020, you need to ensure you and your hiring [...]
Set your employees up for success from the first day (and keep it going long after). Setting your new hires up for success from the very first day they set foot in your business can also help you with long-term retention. We are all familiar with situations in which people (including maybe you!) start at a new company after excitedly [...]
Happy, engaged, and motivated employees stay working for you. Some studies show that engaged, happy employees are 20% more productive. People are engaged, happy, and motivated when they feel like what they do matters and that it makes a difference. While some industries and businesses can see a direct correlation drawn between what they do and how it impacts the [...]
This current extremely competitive market means that turn over will happen - no matter what a business does to avoid it. While there was once a time that businesses brushed it off and kept moving, that time is no longer. The 2020 outlook on jobs across all industries show the same trends as this past year, with the number of [...]
It’s a competitive market out there - which is great for those looking for a job and not so great for those looking to fill a job. Currently the unemployment is at the lowest it has been in almost 20 years1, and there are significantly more jobs available than people looking for jobs. For the manufacturing industry, this issue is [...]
Setting your employees up for success is as easy as making sure their first day runs smooth. A big part of that is on-boarding processes and procedures. Setting your new hires up for success from the very first day they set foot in your business can help you with your employee retention. All too often we hear that people don’t [...]
Keeping key employees happy and working seems like it should be simple, right? Pay them fair wages and give them some perks and they’ll be happy and stay. Unfortunately, that isn’t always the case. Good employees leave good jobs for a slew of different reasons. The job market is hot right now (there are more jobs that need filled than [...]
The job market is on fire right now: April 2019 reporting told us that unemployment rate was 3.6 percent and open job rate was 4.7 percent. That means there are more jobs open than people to fill them! For those working, this is a great market. For those looking to fill jobs roles…. Well it’s not quite the same feeling. [...]
