Tag: turnover

March 13, 2019

A bad boss can slow productivity, thwart engagement and encourage turnover. Recent research makes it easy to see why; 75% of workers have or recently had a toxic boss, a Monster survey found. And more than half of respondents in […]

March 7, 2019

It is no secret that talent recruitment and retention is a costly process without any real guarantee of long-term employee commitment to a company. With employee turnover costing the U.S. $536 billion per year, is there a more proactive stance […]

October 9, 2018

In a previous post, we discussed the challenges that come with employee turnover and that those challenges aren’t limited to top-level executives. At any level, employee turnover means losing someone with institutional knowledge, the potential to sidetrack or at least […]

June 4, 2018

Driver turnover and driver shortage are two of the biggest challenges consistently facing the transportation and logistics industry. According to the American Trucking Association, turnover rates in the industry reached almost 87 percent in 2017 and the industry is currently […]

March 29, 2018

In January, Amazon announced its much anticipated shortlist of cities for its new second headquarters. While job seekers looking to join the industry giant eagerly anticipate the final announcement, companies currently operating in those shortlisted cities are dreading the impact […]

October 30, 2017

The end of the year is coming, which means soon we’ll be knee deep in turnover reports. They can be as grueling as open enrollment, but instead of having employees ignoring time frames, you have managers refusing to turn in […]

January 25, 2017

The employee turnover rate continues to grow each year for workers under age 25. According to the Q3 2016 ADP Research Institute® Workforce Vitality Report (WVR), the yearly turnover rate for employees under age 25 has accelerated by 2.6 percent […]

October 27, 2016

Most savvy businesses owners know that it’s much more cost-effective to hold onto a current customer than it is to go out and get a new customer. That’s why avoiding customer churn is such an important part of sound business […]

August 16, 2016

A company has successfully attracted some top talent to join its ranks, and the future looks promising with this high potential on board. But the company that wants to keep these key employees won’t stop their engagement efforts once they’ve […]

August 2, 2016

Every employer knows that recruiting the best and brightest is tough. What’s even tougher is having to replace them. One of the best ways to retain employees is by recognizing early warning signs. If you can mitigate problems and pain […]

July 25, 2016

Historically, human resources hasn’t exactly been high on the list of departments that make use of metrics. But in an age where we have more access to data than ever, there’s no reason it should stay that way. If we […]

July 18, 2016

No matter the size of the business you run, you no doubt spend considerable time every year looking for ways that you can cut costs and increase sales. While there are plenty of strategies you can implement to get cash […]

May 20, 2016

If there’s anyone leaving an organization, there’s a decent chance they’re a new hire. Learning leaders can play a key role in helping to extinguish some assumptions about this employee group and boost its retention rate in the process. Last […]