As an employer you want to make sure you retain the talented workers you’ve spent time and effort recruiting. You want to build a positive and supportive workplace that inspires people in their work.
While you can never completely avoid staff turnover, there are things you can do to improve your chances of holding on to valued staff.
The following resources can guide you to some of the strategies and practices that boost retention and build long-term employee engagement and commitment.
Knowing how to retain workers has a lot to do with knowing what contributes to a great job. WorkBC’s How to Attract, Retain and Engage Employees provides information on how employers can keep workers by creating a healthy work environment.
Learn more about how to create a healthy environment, enhancing your ability to attract, retain and engage top talent. WorkBC’s Healthy Work Environments booklet offers practical information on occupational health and safety, health promotion and organization health.
You can also find advice and information for keeping employees, as well as links to additional resources on go2’s retention planning web page.
Delve a little deeper into some of the factors that boost employee engagement with the help of Ethos Career Management Group’s employer toolkit. You can also access their staffing strategies report, which includes sections on workforce retention and employee engagement.
Wise planners find they can address productivity, retention and replacement by creating a succession plan for their business. The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat offers a Succession planning and management guide for executives. Although designed for the federal public service, the guide provides information that applies to most organizations.
