Strategies to Retain Your Best Talent

The hiring process today to a large extent is controlled by employees. Just a good salary or benefits is no longer sufficient as, employees are looking to work with companies that provide a more realistic work/life balance as well as to be in an environment where they feel they are respected and wanted. [/b]

Job Seekers these days are looking for employment that will have a positive and hassle free integration into their daily lives. This ranges from creating a positive workspace to delivering appropriate feedback. The HR team must seek out new opportunities to promote a meaningful and positive atmosphere in the workplace and this is sure to assist in retaining the best talent within the organization.

Below let us discuss three strategies to ensure you retain your team’s best talent:

• Creative Spaces

It is important to create an environment that serves employees outside of just work-related tasks. It’s common to find napping areas, meditation rooms and ping pong tables & gyms in businesses these days. Since we spend so much time and energy at the office, it’s important to have a space that will serve the employees physically, mentally and professionally so that they feel motivated and relaxed which will help them create a space for development and creativity.

These spaces also help the employees to step away from their work stations and interact and talk to one another so that they can exchange ideas and bond in order to help their communication, team dynamics and productivity to increase. The balance between work and life within the office is important for employees to feel happy and fulfilled within their work environment.

• Rewards & Recognition

Employees that feel their work is being noticed, respected and appreciated are more likely to put in a better effort and meet goals more accurately and quickly than the employees who feel under-appreciated and leave their positions due to this lack of recognition for their work.

A general "good job" does not motivate the employee enough and does not go far either, an in-depth analysis and detailed praise of a specific project and its success will work better. This involves commitment and investment on the part of the HR and by setting up a Rewards Program your employee will feel recognized and will have an incentive to perform well. This will highly assist in retaining the top talent of your company.

• Referrals

When employees give referrals, your business gains access to the wider net of talent, which is often not accessible through job boards and other methods of recruiting. All candidates recruited by company this way ensures taking less time to hire and, they remained in that company for longer and were highly productive as they were overall happier at work.

This method often attracts stronger candidates because they are being personally recommended by the existing team. This creates trust between the employee and the referral. Gaining referrals is an easy and sure shot method to gain top talent and it becomes easier through an employee referral software system.

By ensuring you apply these three tried and tested methods to retain the top talent in your company you can be sure not to lose out on a top performer quitting the organization due to lack of interest or support.

Article Source : HR Forum