EMPLOYMENT HIRING & RETENTION
MOVE OR LOSE - “Learn from Experience, Educate to Learn.”
Ingredients for Employment Hiring & Retention:
Integrity
Salary
Education
Training
Loyalty
Promotion
Back in the day, employees devoted themselves to their employer's company; employers rewarded employees’ service with family-friendly compensation. These social contracts have now given way to "at will" employment. Employees accustomed to attending the retirement dinners of their associates are walked to the door after years of faithful service.
The new “X” generation theory is that if you are at the will of an organization that may not reward you for a good job and may fire you because they do not like you, why not make them at your will to leave and go somewhere else for a better opportunity and a higher salary. The new generations have concluded if they do not rewarded within one organization, then you should not invest too much time in that company or organization. They see advancements and opportunities are vested in multiple organizations experience instead of one.
The quickest route to improving the bottom line is to cut the payroll. But such layoffs come with a price to pay. There's a price paid--leaving more workers unemployed for a longer time. In addition, some departing workers financial circumstance may force them to accept a job that cuts pay and offers little professional challenge. We need a system in the United States that demands answers, explanations, and affords departing employees some sense of future direction.
Employees in the USA are divided into two classes:
1.
At-will employment - An employee is employed at the will of the employer for as little or as long as the employer wishes, and in whatever lawful capacity the employer requires. The employee may choose to work at the employer's will for the length of time he or she desires. An employer need not provide any reason for terminating an "at will" employee, so long as the termination isn't unlawful or discriminatory (based on age, sex, national origin, disability).
2.
Just-cause employment - Just cause employees can be dismissed from employment only for a good reason, such as poor job performance by the employee
As baby-boomers, we tell our stories of the paper trail without computers, e-mails and cell phones; and how hard and long we worked at our current place of employment and never did get that promotion that was given to an outsider
