Hiring Wisdom: The Top 10 Ways to Reduce Employee Turnover

Nov 18, 2013

In order to minimize employee turnover, you’ve got to:

Hire tough. Set high standards and never lower the bar;
Let new employees know why their jobs are important;
Never think: ”It’s just an entry-level job.” Those jobs most directly impact your customers experiences;
Pay the highest wages you can afford. When you pay more, you can expect and get more;
Give the first pay raise as soon as the new employee deserves a raise, not on pre-set time schedule, but on a productivity or learning schedule;
Give recognition when recognition is deserved;
Train for process, not for speed;
Help the new employee make friends at work;
Make work FUN;
Learn to fail fast. When you make a hiring mistake, cut your losses immediately.

This was originally published on Mel Kleiman’s Humetrics blog.

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