This is “a think piece” — it is designed to cause you to rethink any preconceived notions that you might have that the retention of long-tenure employees is always a positive thing. As turnover rates for employees continue to increase, there seems to be an almost universal agreement among HR …

It’s hard to find a more misunderstood and mismanaged human resource area than employee turnover. Executives are constantly sounding off about how “bad” employee turnover is, but in some cases, employee turnover is actually a positive thing. Imagine, for example, that you had a poor-performing worker like Homer Simpson. If …

How Your Flawed Reference Checking Process Is Causing Numerous Bad Hires Part 1 Cheating on reference checks is at an all-time high. To slow this trend, this article provides a scannable list of the problems that cause flawed reference-checking processes to produce a significant number of bad or failed hires. …

Pick one: reference checks suck, or they are the perfect scam. Even though everyone uses them, there is no corporate evidence that reference checks identify great hires or that they screen out weak candidates. So it’s important to pay attention to the few public critics of this reference-checking process. More …

38% of new hires quit, yet no one attempts to identify the candidates that are likely to quit. Which is puzzling. Because I have found that you can predict (with up to 70% accuracy) which candidates will quit during their first year. Article Descriptors| Recruiting /Retention – A Checklist Of …

Retention and recruiting were factors in the downfall of Apple’s $10 billion EV car project! Boeing’s missing door catastrophe was also caused by overlooked HR vulnerabilities. Article Descriptors | Another case of bad HR – Apple’s EV failure – Identifying HR vulnerabilities – 6-minute read Here We Go Again, First …

Boeing is suffering an estimated $45 billion loss from a single employee error. So, add reducing errors to HR’s responsibilities, or this could happen to you. A Think Piece – Urging HR to develop a risk management process that focuses on reducing employee errors. Before you assume that employee errors …

The silliest practice in retention is counting all quits equally in your turnover calculations. Descriptors… retention/good turnover – eye-opening – how to – data-rich – 4 min. scan Understanding The Different Amounts of Business Impact From Each Category Of Turnover  It’s a common practice to lump all employee turnover into …

The silliest practice in retention is counting all quits equally in your turnover calculations. So the purpose of this article is to “open your mind” about the problem of measuring only aggregate “total turnover. ” And why you must begin measuring, prioritizing, and focusing on the most damaging category of …

It’s a mistake to focus exclusively on high turnover because a too-low rate will also cause damage. This is a think piece – for making leaders interested in unusually low turnover rates. Don’t Reduce Your Focus On Employee Retention, Because It’s Still The #1 Priority  If you are among the …