FINDING RELIABLE EMPLOYEES

I have followed with interest recent posts on Linkedin regarding the best method to find good, reliable employees. The question was posed about a month ago and continues to get almost daily responses. It has been a very interesting dialog with many diverse opinions of which methods work and which ones don't.

Members of the group have mentioned Craig's list, various web sites, bonus dollars, over 55 workers, under 55 age group workers, college students, middle age females, middle age males, pay them well, and the list goes on and on. I know I have forgotten to mention some of the many ways listed to finding reliable workers.

My take on this popular subject is that finding reliable employees is really not the issue. People can be found and there are good ones in all age brackets because most BSC's have some in nearly all age categories. I truly believe we as employers need to address the following issues in finding reliable workers,

1. How are we advertising for prospective employees?

2. How are the prospective employees treated when they arrive at your office?

3. How is the interview conducted?

4. Do they receive a thorough orientation and initial training before they start?

5. Do they receive ongoing feedback on their progress or lack of progress?

6. What kind of ongoing training do they receive?

7. Do they receive only complaints that come in or do they get compliments as well?

8. Are they informed of potential promotion opportunities?

9. Do we hire for potential "careers" or current "jobs".


Over the next few weeks we will address each of these areas and give our readers an opportunity to see how they stack up in these areas. While the answers to some of the questions appear to be rather obvious, I find many companies only give lip service to them. Hopefully we will give you some food for thought and encouage you to drill down in your organization to see how you really perform in all of these areas.  You see, how we address each of these areas really determines whether we will have 40% turnover or 340% turnover in our company. The choice, in my opinion, is ours.

Let me encourage you to join us in the coming weeks as we take a closer look at FINDING RELIABLE WORKERS. As always, we welcome your comments.

Till next time.