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Another very important factor in retention not mentioned here is better understanding the aspirations of those people you're considering bringing on to your tea

by lumens 13y ago

Another very important factor in retention not mentioned here is better understanding the aspirations of those people you're considering bringing on to your team. A person's response to questions like, "What are you most interested in professionally?" and, "How do you see yourself developing career wise?" becomes a blueprint for what to do organizationally to retain them. Sometimes the simplest approach is the best: Ask, "What do we need to do to retain you?" and then do that thing!

danielweber 13y ago
The problem is that candidates see "What are you most interested in professionally?" and "How do you see yourself developing career wise?" as questions with right or wrong answers that will get them hired. "Send someone highly trusted over to clean my house every week" could be a great thing that lets me concentrate more on the rest of my life, but saying it during an interview would paint me as weird.
- lumens 13y ago
  You point out the obvious concern. It'd be nice if this information was available about candidates up-front... as an employer it's on the list of things you'd want to know about someone along with what primary skill-sets they have and roles they've been in. The problem, of course, is that by advertising this information, candidates would basically be saying that they're not getting nurtured in this way by their current employer. It's would be a public notice that they're not that happy at work. I was trying to avoid any sort of "pitch" in this comment thread, but you've set me up too nicely: My startup, Mighty Spring (https://www.mightyspring.com https://www.mightyspring.com), makes a passive, anonymous job search platform. Candidates post this exact information: what interests them and their career goals, along with their qualifications, which employers browse and use to decide who to interview. The anonymity makes it possible for candidates to safely reveal this info to employers. Also, that this info is available up-front helps to increase employment market efficiency and expose candidate/employer matches that really are great fits for both sides. We're currently in private beta, but send out invites regularly. Feel free to email me (addy in profile) if you've got any questions!

by lumens 13y ago

danielweber 13y ago

The problem is that candidates see "What are you most interested in professionally?" and "How do you see yourself developing career wise?" as questions with right or wrong answers that will get them hired. "Send someone highly trusted over to clean my house every week" could be a great thing that lets me concentrate more on the rest of my life, but saying it during an interview would paint me as weird.

lumens 13y ago
You point out the obvious concern. It'd be nice if this information was available about candidates up-front... as an employer it's on the list of things you'd want to know about someone along with what primary skill-sets they have and roles they've been in. The problem, of course, is that by advertising this information, candidates would basically be saying that they're not getting nurtured in this way by their current employer. It's would be a public notice that they're not that happy at work. I was trying to avoid any sort of "pitch" in this comment thread, but you've set me up too nicely: My startup, Mighty Spring (https://www.mightyspring.com https://www.mightyspring.com), makes a passive, anonymous job search platform. Candidates post this exact information: what interests them and their career goals, along with their qualifications, which employers browse and use to decide who to interview. The anonymity makes it possible for candidates to safely reveal this info to employers. Also, that this info is available up-front helps to increase employment market efficiency and expose candidate/employer matches that really are great fits for both sides. We're currently in private beta, but send out invites regularly. Feel free to email me (addy in profile) if you've got any questions!