New Employees

I am thrilled to report that we have hired a temporary, part-time data entry person, making my life much easier and less complicated. We have also hired a new recruiter to join a new division we are starting. It's all very glamorous and exciting. My only concern is this: How long will this recruiter stay?

This may seem very pessimistic of me, but we seem to have a very low retention rate. Some of this is due to the market and some of it is due to the fact that some people just don't like recruiting. I understand that. What is frustrating for me is the amount of effort that goes into getting a new person set up and helping them adjust to our company policies, and then watching them leave. Frankly, I'm not sure what to do about it.

But it is exciting to get new people. They always have a different perspective on things. I always find new ways to improve my own work when we get new people, so I'm happy about it.

Wish us luck!

Comments

[Recruiting Animal]

Rachel, I haven't had an Animal Panel for some time but I'm going to post this on the HR Bloggers Network (now HRM). Maybe those guys are more into retention.

Are you hiring a recruiter who isn't really a recruiter? Is that why you end up with people who don't like recruiting?

Also I thought that part time or temp office staff are not really stable employees as a rule. True or not I don't know.

Do you have a page on RecruitingBloggers? You shd post this there to see if you can get feedback from a number of people.

I just interviewed Alexandra Levit (www.alexandralevit.com). She wrote Success For Hire and outlines a lot of hiring and retention strategies.
It's a great book for under $20.

I wonder if you're making any errors. You say that you are putting a lot of effort into you're hiring and onboarding so I expect that you are doing something right but at the same time, one has to wonder if you are doing something wrong.

[Rachel]

Animal - I think we've made errors hiring people from staffing firms who wanted to transition to recruiting. As a rule, they seem to have a hard time making that change.
We have had several part-time employees who were not stable. This one is an exception as she has worked for us in the past.
I will definitely recommend to my boss that we take a look at Alexandra's book.
Unfortunately, I'm not really involved in the hiring process. It does seem that my boss puts a lot of effort into it, but somehow it's not working out. I'm working to become more involved in the process, so hopefully things will change for the better.