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5 Ways to Avoid High Employee Turnover

September 15th, 2014

There are few obstructions to business more significant than high employee turnover. If you are constantly scrambling to fill holes in your workforce, you rarely have all the resources you need to complete projects, and have to invest unnecessary amounts on time and money on an endless recruiting process. You can avoid this frustrating phenomenon by following these five strategies.

Recruit Based on Cultural Fit

Recruitment is often focused on competence, but looking for candidates that fit into the culture of your company is just as important. Employees rarely leave because they can’t meet the demands of the job, they leave because they don’t like the work environment. Looking for prospects that share your organizational values and philosophy and pair well with your office culture is one of the surest ways to find loyal employees.

Institute a Trail Period

A number of companies has been able to reduce turnover by instituting a trial period into the recruitment process. After being hired, an employee has typically three months during which they can assess their fit with the company. If they choose to leave, they don’t have to worry about a negative recommendation or a blemish on their resume. Employees that make it though the trial period are more motivated to stay, plus, the employer has had the same opportunities to evaluate the fit.

Be Flexible

Offering a more flexible schedule is a minor concession on the part of the employer, but a major benefit to employees. It allows them to create a more manageable work/life balance and helps them feel like their contributions are being valued. Consider offering work-from-home opportunities, flex time, or unconventional scheduling.

Rely on Employee Referrals

One of the most reliable ways to find employees that are a good fit for your office is to rely on the judgment of people who already work there. Ask your existing employees if they can refer someone to fill a vacancy and you are much more likely to get a candidate that integrates well into your culture and is willing to make a long-term commitment. This strategy also empowers your existing employees by allowing them to help pick the people they will work with everyday.

Develop an OnBoarding Program

Onboarding programs are designed to help new hires assimilate into a new company while giving them the tools they need to feel comfortable and to be successful in their job. This helps eliminate common sources of employee dissatisfaction and workplace anxiety and also demonstrates a commitment on the part of the employer to the well being of the new hire. Plus, onboarding programs give employers a chance to evaluate a recruit’s performance and growth, which can help weed out employees that are doomed to fail.

The takeaway is that reducing high employee turnover starts with effective recruiting. Instead of motivating the wrong employees to stay, pick the right employees from the start. Find resources to aid your search by partnering with The Concorde Group.


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5 Benefits of Hiring Temporary Employees

July 16th, 2014


In the ever-evolving business world of the 21st century, traditional notions about staffing, recruitment, and employment are quickly becoming irrelevant. In addition to full and part-time workers, a growing number of companies is turning to temporary and contract workers to give their workforce the dynamism it requires.

Temporary employment is nothing new, but it is being used in ways that it never has before. Prestigious companies in a wide variety of industries are eager to add these professionals to their ranks, and their forward-thinking attitudes are paying off. These are some of the greatest benefits of hiring temporary employees:

Vet Potential Hires

If you need to fill a full or part-time position, consider hiring a temporary employee and carefully monitoring their performance. You make a much smaller commitment, but you still have the opportunity to analyze their fit for the job. No matter how carefully you vet a potential hire, no indicator is more revealing than his on-the-job performance.

Fill Gaps in Your Workforce

With an increasing number of highly-skilled workers becoming open to temporary employment, it’s easier than ever to fill a short-term gap in your workforce. That keeps your day to day operations running smoothly, and gives you the freedom to offer you permanent employees maternity and paternity leave, sick leave, or other extended absences.

Enhance Your Intellectual Capital

Lets say you get a new contract that requires you to work with a technology, process, or set of regulations that you are unfamiliar with. Specialized temporary employees can bring their expertise into your office for as long as you need it, and then move on when the contract or project is complete. That is much more cost-effective than permanently expanding your workforce.

Keep Your Costs in Check

We just mentioned cost effectiveness, and the simple fact is that temporary employees cost you a lot less in the long run than any other kind of employee. You only have to pay them for as long as they contribute value to your company, and you don’t have to offer them the same perks as more permanent employees.

Unburden You HR Department

The time and money you spend recruiting even a single employee is significant. Temporary employees, by contrast, are typically recruited by a third party and supplied to you based on criteria that you establish. You don’t have to dedicate resources to the recruitment process, but you still end up with exactly the employee you were looking for.

Temporary employees are more than just temps. They are a highly educated, impressively experienced, and unwaveringly professional part of today’s employment pool that can bring a lot of value to any company. To get expert help recruiting the very best of today’s temporary employees, work with the team at The Concorde Group.

