Friday, December 17, 2010

How to Attract Employees to Your Company

If you're running a company or starting one up, you know that you need good employees. These people have to be intelligent, reliable, and polite to your customers. They have to know how to do the job and work independently.
 
They also have to stick around, because hiring new people costs money and high turnover rates can eventually bankrupt a business. That's especially true if the business is small and already doesn't have a lot of income. Finding these people, though, can a bit 'a problem because not all companies to hire workers they want and stay there for a long time are good. Is not so much seen in white collar work, blue collar businesses really struggle, but with this problem.

Many see these companies as a springboard time work, or do something 'now' until you find something better, go elsewhere to finish their education, etc. This attitude can really make it difficult for thesebusinesses to be successful and to attract good employees who want to work and who want to remain with the company for a long time.
 
If you're trying to attract employees to your company the first thing that you need to do is be honest about the job. People aren't going to stay if they don't like the job, especially if they were mislead about what it actually entailed. Nothing will annoy an employee faster than finding that his or her job is something much different than what was advertised. Most won't stay long once that's happened to them.

Even if the job isn't glamorous someone out there will be willing to do it long-term, you just have to find that person by advertising honestly for the job and not settling for the first person who applies if they don't seem like the right fit for the job. It may be difficult to find someone for a job that not a lot of people want to do, so don't get discouraged if you don't get a lot of applications when you first post the job. Wait for the right person, and he or she will stay on.

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