by Ali Mechelle

Created on: June 04, 2008   Last Updated: February 02, 2011

The Five-Step Plan To Reducing Employee Turn-Over

1. Hire Qualified People

Too many times, employees base the hiring process on the wrong things. Your top priority, above anything else, should be on hiring people ethical qualified people. Someone may be sweet and interesting; you may have the same ideas about politics and religion; they may be the cousin of your awesome secretary. But none of that matters if they can't do the job. Because then you'll either be forced to fire them later, or keep holding on to a horrible employee out of pride. If you choose the later, the work ethic of your office will decrease and put you in danger of losing other employees who quit.

2. Hire Ethical People

So you've hired someone who is good at the job, which is back-stabbers unless you later find out that they have no intentions of actually working. To prevent such an unfortunate thing from occurring, it's best to find out as much as you can about the prospect's performance at previous jobs. Human Resources rules and privacy laws prevent you from doing a lot of spying, but there are other ways. Require references with the contact info of the people supplying them. Look at the portion of the job application where they list their previous jobs. If the listing is long and the amount of time at each is short, it's usually not a good sign. Hiring ethical employees is another way to improve moral at your office. All it takes is one bad apple to spoil the bunch. We'll talk more about that later.

3. Make Your Employees Feel Like They Can Trust You

You've probably noticed by now the emphasis on having good moral and ethics in your office. Both are necessary to preventing frequent terminations and resignations. We've already affirmed that the ethics of your employees is important, but you must also ensure the good ethics of supervisors and employers. If the people who work for you feel like they can't trust you, it won't take much for them to leave. They are likely to feel no guilt about using the company's internet to look for jobs on Monster.Com. Neither are they eager to give their all to doing a good job. In the back of their minds, they may be thinking that if production decreases, maybe you'll lose your job. If you pick up on it, then you'll have to fire them. It's just a nasty system that contributes to the turnover you want to avoid.

4. Make Your Employees Feel Like You Trust Them

In order for your employees to trust you, they have to feel like you trust them. It's a sensible

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