Employee Engagement: An Important Facet in Retention
Polls and studies over the last several years have put employee engagement between 33 and 50%. This means that even at best, only half your workforce has a positive view of the work they do, or feels they make a valuable contribution. Employee engagement is an important facet in retention because it builds a partnership […]
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Is Job Growth Affecting Your Employee Retention Rates?
The unemployment rate continues to hover around 4%, with wages continuing to rise. Is job growth affecting your employee retention rates? Yes. Your initial offer affects your ability to hire the best candidates, but your internal wage increases must keep pace with the market to retain valuable talent. Greater competition between potential employers means that […]
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Onboarding or Orientation?
Does your organization welcome new hires with onboarding or orientation? Step Up Recruiting strongly recommends onboarding, and can help you expand your support for new hires from orientation to a full onboarding experience. What’s the difference? Orientation is the traditional new hire support services, and is the same for every new employee from janitor to […]
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Recruit to Retain in 5 Steps
Every good manager knows that retention is key. Replacing an experienced associate with a new hire can cost 25% of the position salary in upfront recruiting costs alone, and that doesn’t even include the costs associated with training, lowered production, the institutional knowledge drain, and the added slowdown in both internal and external business relationships […]
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