Reducing Employee Turnover Begins With Better Employee Selection
Webmaster August 6th, 2007
If employee turnover begins from poor selection processes, how can we improve it? Employee turnover resulting out of poor selection is definitely in the controllable category. The following steps neeed to be taken.
- The hiring manager along with HR need to define a detailed job specification.
- HR profiling needs to be done even before the interview so as to know the culture fit.
- setting right expectations at the hiring stage also would help to a great extend .
- if cost permits make use of some psychometric testing tools.
There are many steps in the recruitment and selection process. You will need to perform a diagnosis of where exactly the process is breaking down. Some suggestions for improvement are:
- define your roles and responsibilities clearly
- define competencies and characteristics required for the job clearly
- use behavioral based interviewing technique
- use qualified recruiters and interviewers
- use an interview panel instead of just one interviewer
- include new employee’s prospective supervisor and team member/s on interview panel
- use a professional recruiting firm (if outsourced)
- conduct thorough reference checks
- check salaries/rewards/conditions are market competitive
- select from a wider pool of candidates
- conduct pre-employment tests
Which of these process steps/capabilities you tackle will depend on the result of your diagnosis.
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