Retention Checklist Have you implemented these techniques for keeping your employees happy? The more programs, activities and perks you provide, the lower your turnover rate will be.
* Recognition programs
* Employee referral programs that offer cast rewards and prizes
* Free training and education
* Social and charitable activities
* Flextime, job-sharing, and/or telecommuting options
* Casual dress days
* Mentors for new employees
* Perks – dry cleaning pickup and delivery service, free food, and so on
* Employee satisfaction surveys to uncover and correct problem areas
* A strong corporate culture that treats employees as valuable team members
Top Recruiting Methods
While we discuss using everything from movie trailers to blimps to promote your jobs, you can use this quick checklist to ensure that you’re covering the basics.
* Internet job posting
* Internet resume banks
* Company Web site
* Internet searches for passive candidates
* Newspaper, magazine, and journal advertising
* Employee referral program
* Job fairs
* Campus recruiting
* Sponsorship of charitable activities
* Local radio or television advertising
* Company billboards and rolling billboards
Advanced Internet Recruiting Techniques
We outline these powerful techniques in Chapter 6. If you already know how and why to use them, here’s a quick list of commands for flipping, x-raying, and searching for titles or URLs that will help you uncover resumes of candidates on the Web. (Note: Commands may vary by search engine.)
To Flip a Web site:
(title:resume or title:resumes or URL:resume or URL:resumes) and link:companyname.com
Or, to add the skill set you’re seeking:
(title:resume or title:resumes or URL:resume or URL:resumes) and link:companyname.com and “network administrator”
To x-ray a Web site:
Domain:xyzcorp.com
Domain:yale.edu
To run a title or URL search:
(title:resume or url:resume) and “civil engineer”
