Welcome to our September Newsletter, where we’re examining how your recruitment process impacts your staff retention rates. Keep reading for practical tips on how to take a fresh approach to staff retention by getting it right from the outset.
Recruit to Retain
The staff retention crisis seems to be a topic that we are highlighting every few months now. Well, it’s back in the headlines, so it’s time we revisit the topic as we’ve got some solutions that can help you tackle this challenge head on.
If you’re trying to improve your staff retention, it’s time to think about your recruitment process.
Top Five Reasons People Leave Their Jobs
Poor Management:
Employees often mention poor management as the major reason they leave a job. Effective leadership and support are essential to employee satisfaction and therefore, retention.
Role not as described:
When the job doesn’t match the initial description that drew the person to apply, or if the job is changed significantly post-hire it can lead to dissatisfaction and resignations.
Lack of progression or development opportunities:
Most employees seek growth and development in their career. If these opportunities aren’t offered they are more likely to look elsewhere.
Desire for remote/hybrid or office based working (Choice Matters):
The Pandemic and resulting lockdowns proved that remote working can really be successful and reshaped many working practices. Many employees prefer the flexibility of remote and hybrid working arrangements while others prefer the office environment. Offering a choice can be key in retaining employees.
Cost of living:
Rising living expenses put financial pressure on employees. Companies that address concerns through competitive benefits packages can retain employees more effectively
How can we solve these issues?
There’s a few ways you can solve these things, and don’t worry they’re all pretty easy.
Be Transparent
Make sure your job descriptions make sense. Make sure they set out what your expectations are and are written in an understandable way.
If they’re not, you’ll find you lose staff within the first few weeks.
Hire for cultural fit
Showcase your company culture, mission and vision through your website, advertisements and social media.
More and more people are leaving because the culture isn’t what was promised during the interview stage.
Be authentic!
You’ll attract the right people, and they’ll stay!
Effective onboarding, induction and training
The first few months are critical to engagement and retention.
Ensure a consistent, seamless transition for new hires.
By addressing these key reasons for employees leaving, and by putting these simple retention strategies in place you can create a workplace where your team feels valued, supported and fulfilled.
Happy employees stick around, which in turn leads to a happy, stable and productive workplace.
Our most successful clients in terms of talent attraction at the moment offer flexible and agile working, invest in their team’s development, offer opportunities and speak to us regularly about how to attract and retain the right talent.
It might seem like there’s no magic formula out there right now to attract talent, but there is!
It’s all about having the right processes, and structure backend to allow your management to make decisions on where/when and how their teams will perform best. Not having a one size fits all approach.
TEAM NEWS
This month we’ve all been busy upskilling, with topics such as AI talent attraction and Chat GPT and email marketing. We like to keep ourselves on top of all the latest trends to get the best candidates for your job vacancies.
With wedding bells about to chime in December, our Faye is busy planning her wedding. We can’t wait, just enough time to find the perfect outfit
TRENDING NEWS
- Roblox laid off 30 staff in the hiring team. The layoffs come following a period of dramatic growth for the game, which now commands 250 million monthly active users – more than Fortnite and Minecraft combined.
- Recruitment activity across the UK fell during August. Permanent placements fell at a rapid pace that was the sharpest in over three years, while temp billings slipped into decline for the first time since July 2020
- Sick days at work hit highest level for 10 years – remember we offer temp recruitment if you need it
- Gatwick cancels flights due to sickness and Covid.
JUST FOR LOLs
Jobs we’re glad aren’t a thing any more…
Leech Collector – A leech collector was responsible for retrieving the blood-sucking creatures from their natural habitat for doctors to use. Individuals with this job often used their own legs to lure leeches from creeks and rivers. That job really sucked.
Fun Fact – A Shrimp’s heart is in its head