Once upon a time, a significant percentage of organizations had policies against re-hiring former staff. These are people the HR community brands … Read more
Do You Know the Real Reasons Your Employees are Quitting?
Note: This article is part of an occasional series dedicated to exploring the contribution of human capital assets (people!) to the valuation of a … Read more
5 Ways You Can Use Exit Interviews to Improve Performance
A critical performance management tool that often goes underutilized and undervalued is that of the exit interview. It might feel awkward for employees to … Read more
Four Interviews That Will Improve Engagement and Retention
Jason didn’t impress Marcus from the outset of his initial job interview, but Marcus gave him a chance because he came from a trusted reference. Despite … Read more
Are ‘stay interviews’ the key to improving retention at your company?
A key to achieving success in human capital management is maintaining some control over employee turnover. It’s hard to run a profitable business if your … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: 7 Resolutions You Need to Make to Find and Retain Talent
At the end of every year, we are likely to see a rash of articles in the business press reporting the percentage of employees who have made a New Year’s … Read more
Exit Interviews Not Doing Much? 5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Results
Exit interviews follow along the same lines as Amazon or Yelp reviews. The ones most likely to participate are the outliers, those who are very happy or … Read more
HR Basics: The Four Benefits of Conducting Exit Interviews
Exit interviews are often overlooked, but they can be very valuable to your business. It’s a time to learn and reflect on your company as a whole and … Read more
Exit Interviews: The 2nd Most Worthless Activity HR Has To Handle
Editor’s Note: Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday we republish a Classic TLNT post. Let’s be clear, the most useless HR … Read more
Exit Interviews: The 2nd Most Worthless Activity HR Has to Handle
Editor’s Note: Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday we republish a Classic TLNT post. Let’s be clear, the most useless HR … Read more
HR Basics: How to Conduct Really Effective Exit Interviews
When an employee resigns, exit interviews are hopefully conducted by the Human Resources staff to gather honest feedback about opportunities for … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Why You Need to Be Doing Retention Interviews
A retention interview is not a performance appraisal; it is not about how the person is doing his or her job. It is not a job satisfaction or employee … Read more
The “Real” Reasons Why HR Still Does Exit Interviews
The exit interview process is much like most organization’s employee referral process. You believe you should have a process. You design the process. … Read more
You Need to Stop Going Through the Motions on Exit Interviews
The exit interview — Has it become one of those going through the motions actions in your organization? –just another box to check off in a folder … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Why You REALLY Need to Do Retention Interviews
As I have written before, in my mind, exit interviews are analogous to closing the barn doors after the horses are out. If you want to keep your best … Read more
5 More Ways to Tell If an Employee Is Looking to Leave
Second of two parts As I noted yesterday (in 5 Ways to Identify an Employee Who Is Ready to Quit), employee turnover is always an important issue, but most … Read more
5 Ways to Identify an Employee Who Is Ready to Quit
First of two parts There are few things that are more shocking to a manager then to have one of their top-performing employees suddenly quit on them. Some … Read more
What Exit Interviews Reveal About Why Employees Leave
Editor’s Note: Sometimes readers ask about past TLNT articles. That’s why we republish a Classic TLNT post every Friday. David Witt, writing in … Read more
What People Regret Most When Leaving a Job
Being in my line of work, I get to hear from a ton of people who have left jobs. One of the questions I like to ask people is to give me one thing they … Read more
4 Stay Interview Formats You Really Should Consider
Last of three parts Note: In case you missed them, the first two parts are The Many Benefits That Come From “Stay” Interviews and 20 Possible Questions You … Read more