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Here's the second 5 of 10 retention tips as promised! Together with the 5 from the May Recruiting Report, they are guaranteed to help you keep your staff happy and working for you.
- Make Their Work Fun: everyone wants to enjoy their work. Make it fun. Put the special talents of each individual to work.
- Offer Them Balance: Offer your staff "work-life" balance. Where possible give them (within reason) flexible start times and end times. (yes, her son's hockey game is important!)
- Get Them Involved: Whenever possible get your staff involved in making decisions that affect their jobs and the overall direction of the municipality.
- Encourage Friendships: According to at least one national pollster, you should encourage employees to have good...even best friends at work.
- Look Before You Leap: Make sure that your candidate can really do the job before you hire them. Always make sure that they are not just the one who had the best interview!
- BONUS TIP: You'd be shocked, I suppose, if we didn't include this last tip. Use a recruiter and make certain that your recruiter uses behaviorally-based questions and testing, not to mention effective reference checking.
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