Why employees leave !

Employees are the most sought over assets worldwide today and not to mention they know it well. There used to be times wherein employers could offer fat packages at plush offices, the best of the cafeteria and shuttle services for employees. But now, it’s the bare minimum any talented individual is going to look at.

Talent shortages can be up to 35 - 50% in developing nations considering the fact that there are a lot of investment opportunities now. But the key question unanswered is why do employees leave??
This is a critical question various organizations are trying to answer. Some of the key issues might be:-

• Growth Opportunities: - This is a typical issue faced by most employers and is 7/10 times avoidable. What I mean to say here is that, the managers 8/10 times know the expectation of an individual and is 6/10 times ignored.
  Fact: About 41% of employees look out because of lack of growth opportunities / opportunities not in line of individual's career path.
• Organization Culture: - Firstly, people love change. They also understand that change is the only thing that is not constant. If the organizational culture, ethics, morale are changing for the good, this point would not be on the list. This point is on the list as about 36 % of ex-employees feel the same.
• Immediate Boss: - Practically speaking, if your immediate boss does not challenge you, I’m sure you’ll quit. This is again a syndrome lot of companies in India are currently facing
• Boredom: - If the leadership team of your company is constantly colorless regardless of the company's growth or the goals achieved, there’s trouble for sure. All employees want money and to be challenged but they don't want to have to self-motivate 100% of the time.
• Challenge: - If they are too challenged or unchallenged there is an issue. If the immediate senior does not ensure this then it’s a worry again. My personal experience here, about 50% of people at bench are always key targets and those who don’t have a work life balance are always frustrated and tend to make hasty decisions.
• Faith: - Seldom, but does exist in few upcoming organizations, key people move on due to the “lost faith in the senior management” too…
• Money: - Quite obvious, but interestingly only close to 35% of employees mention this as the key reason. Employees know their worth, if you don't compensate them, somebody else will :)
  

If you can think of more, please do let me know so that i can add the same... Awaiting your comments and thoughts

Key elements of a Job Description

Creating a Job Description is not the easiest of tasks but with few components this exercise could be simplified.

• Company's Name / Job Position
• Location
  
• Hiring Manager
• Reporting structure
• Key Responsibilities
• Key Skills
• Desired Skills
• Educational credentials required
• Travel percentage involved
  

If these are stated, it would be a very simple task for the employer and the potential employee to make the decision.

Résumé Design Tips

Just read a nice tutorial on Résumé Design on LifeClever. This tutorial will help you in

• Pick a better typeface
• Remove extra indentations
• Make it easy to skim
• Apply typographic detailing

Read the entire article here....

Tough Interview Question - "Tell Me About Yourself"

Hope this video helps!!

How To Structure Your Resume?

Lot of fresh graduates would like to have a look at this video to assist in their resume building process

Do you Need a Resume ??

Video Resume - Is this your next format | Impossible is nothing !!

Yale University senior Aleksey Vayner, an aspiring investment banker, applied for a position with financial services company, UBS with believe it or not, an eleven page resume, see here and a Video which portrays his abilities in karate, tennis, and ballroom dancing among other skills required for the job.

Vayner never intended for his materials to travel outside of the UBS walls, but this application somehow was leaked and became the e-mail forward to numerous other investment banks and beyond. He was also covered on national television by MSNBC and Fox News :)

I wish this resume wasn't leaked and i must say that i adore his creativity... if you are reading this, way to go mate :)

Here are the videos...

The Profile


Fox News:


MSNBC:


Not sure how the resume got out of UBS. I wish Aleksey Vayner the best in his job hunt.

Top Sins of Resume Design

If you haven't read this post, i suggest you have a look at the same. This post does talk about what not to do and is split into 7 parts. Every recruiter is finicky with the format of the resume (which is the first impression, he gets) and this tutorial will help to know what to avoid.

Here are the 7 deadly sins of résumé design and how to repent:

• Fancy “résumé” paper
• Times New Roman
• Teeny tiny font size
• Grey text
• Excessive decoration
• Weird paper size
• Horizontal format

If you want to read the entire post you can find it here.

Want to enhance Productivity??

Here's a tip on how to enhance productivity by 46 % of more at your workplace.

A must watch Video :)

RecruiTV Online Video Portal

RecruiTV, the name says it all. I agree that Video based campaigns is much better than text but is it the right time to move towards Video, time will tell. I like the concept and appreciate their hard work. Visit their site to know the service offerings…

The advantages are quite evident and hopefully will reduce the process time. Heres a Video about them…

Let me know your thoughts on such a concept...

The Recruiters Guide to the Internet

I happened to have a look at the following video and had practiced candidate search on Google and this video shows how it can be done on Yahoo. If you haven't seen it yet, this is a must watch.

About the Author - Jim Stroud "is extremely talented in Internet research and competitive intelligence. When recruiting and sourcing, he produces high quality candidates and pipelines"

Google Recruitment Video

Google, one of the revolutionaries and pioneers in the Internet revolution has a video on recruitment which i would like to share. This is an insight to the Googleplex and some satisfied employees at Google.

It's is a must watch video for the ones who want to know more about Google Inc...

Interesting Recruitment Advertisement

Its kind of grouse but the concept is pretty cool. Here you go...

Mc Donalds Job Application

This is an actual job application a 17 year old boy submitted at a McDonald’s fast-food establishment in Florida…and they hired him because he was so honest and funny!

NAME: Greg Bulmash (Not sure whether this person actually exists)
SEX: Not yet. Still waiting for the right person.

DESIRED POSITION: Company’s President or Vice President. But seriously, whatever’s available. If I was in a position to be picky, I wouldn’t be applying here in the first place.

DESIRED SALARY: $185,000 a year plus stock options and a Michael Ovitz style severance package. If that’s not possible, make an offer and we can haggle.

EDUCATION: Yes.

LAST POSITION HELD: Target for middle management hostility.

SALARY: Less than I’m worth.

MOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT: My incredible collection of stolen pens and post-it notes.

REASON FOR LEAVING: It sucked.

HOURS AVAILABLE TO WORK: Any.

PREFERRED HOURS: 1:30-3:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.

DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL SKILLS?: Yes, but they’re better suited to a more intimate environment.

MAY WE CONTACT YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYER?: If I had one, would I be here?

DO YOU HAVE ANY PHYSICAL CONDITIONS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM LIFTING UP TO 50 LBS?: Of what?

DO YOU HAVE A CAR?: I think the more appropriate question here would be “Do you have a car that runs?”

HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION?: I may already be a winner of the Publishers Clearing house Sweepstakes.

DO YOU SMOKE?: Only when set on fire.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DOING IN FIVE YEARS?: Living in the Bahamas with a fabulously wealthy dumb sexy blonde super model who thinks I’m the greatest thing since sliced bread. Actually, I’d like to be doing that now.

DO YOU CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE IS TRUE AND COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE?: No, but I dare you to prove otherwise.

DO YOU CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE IS TRUE AND COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE?: Yes. Absolutely.

SIGN HERE: Aries

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