By Matthew Guerriero, Campus Representative, University of Pittsburgh
Many companies in today’s world are trying to get employees that are organization focused rather than personally focused. For example, a company wants someone who will stay with the company for their entire professional career rather than use the job as a stepping stone to somewhere else. Many students coming out of college have the tendency to only care about their own career because it is difficult to find a job and they want to start making the largest amount of money as possible. Kelly Butler from Employee Benefit News writes about what factors into employees staying or leaving an organization.
Eighty percent of employees decide whether to stay with or leave a job within the first six months, says DJ Chhabra, president of Enwisen, a Novato, Calif.-based firm that provides employee onboarding technology. In fact, the first six weeks of an employee's tenure strongly influences that decision about the job.
In the war for talent, employers cannot afford to waste one hour and must make sure that their employee retention strategy starts with quality employee onboarding. "When you think of the lifecycle of an employee, the first step is getting them engaged. It's much more important than getting them enrolled in the 401(k) plan."
This is extremely important in the business world because an organization’s main goal is to maximize profit. I learned about this concept in my Human Resource Management class, and the main idea of the lecture was that many companies are doing everything they can to keep employees in their organization. There are many benefits to this such as promotions and longer tenure at a company usually means higher level positions. I thought this is something that incoming employees should consider when they are applying for jobs.
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