There’s a rustling going on in your company. Do you hear it? It may be faint now, but it’s growing.
It’s the sound of employees, starved for new opportunities, thinking of taking their valued skills elsewhere because – hosanna! – the job market is improving and for anyone who has been itching to go elsewhere, there’s now light in the new-job tunnel.
You may be happy to see some of your employees go, the layabouts, the whiners, the dead weights.
But what about your stars? What can you do to keep them from jumping to some other company’s payroll?
You might want to follow these tips:
- Talk to them. If they’re a star in your organization, they more than likely know it. Ask them if they feel there’s something lacking in their opportunities in your organization and if they’ve been thinking of leaving. If so, ask them why they want to go? Do they need more challenge? Do they feel they deserve a promotion that hasn’t been forthcoming? You don’t need to do everything – or anything – they ask. But this type of information is golden because it can help you…
- …give them the challenges they say they’re lacking. You’ll want to be sure your high-profile employees have a chance to flex their talented muscles and fly. Consider pairing them with high-level mentors, rotate them through different departments, etc.
- Give them a chance to learn. Consider offering tuition reimbursement for graduate study. If yours is an international firm, see if you can send them overseas for a few months on an assignment. Rotate them through different departments (see number 2, above), so that they can get a different feel for various aspects of your business.
- Consider meeting with your stars regularly (quarterly, for instance) to see how they’re progressing, to get their feelings for their work and their opportunities within your firm. You might not want to wait until the employee’s annual review for this discussion.
If you’re looking for stars for your Inland Empire company, contact Arrow Staffing. We’ve been “finding the good guys” in Riverside and San Bernardino counties for more than 40 years and we intend to continue doing so for companies such as yours for 40-plus more! Contact us today!