CAN
To Attract Top Talent, Become One of Canada’s Best Employers - Here’s How
In our tightening employment market, businesses find themselves needing to develop a competitive edge in the workplace or settle for the applicants others turned down.
Here are some ideas to give you that competitive edge:
- Promote career advancement. In a Gallup survey, 51 percent of employees were actively looking for a new position. Internal mobility or lateral movement, with a bit of additional compensation thrown in, can fill the bill.
- Provide good performance feedback. However you review employees, to become a top-tier employer it’s essential that your staff get the feedback they need.
- Put people first. To foster a corporate culture that puts people first – both customers and employees – it’s essential to create equal opportunities for workers from all walks of life.
- Walk the walk, don’t just talk the talk. Invest in training for your employees; create opportunities for them to express themselves and take risks.
- Enable a healthy work-life balance. Insist on employees taking downtime, vacation time, and regular opportunities to enjoy life.
- Identify how you can empower your employees to live your brand by talking to them, finding out what they think of it, and taking note of their input.