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3 Proven Ways To Lower Employee
Costs
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Did you know that with the right vision,
programs and people in place your HR department can lower costs and increase
morale and productivity? That this will allow you to keep the people you can't
afford to lose and lose those people you can't afford to keep?
Here are 3 ways to immediately lower employee
costs:
1. Educate
and train people in "your way of doing business."
This means making sure everyone is aware of what
your vision, values and key goals are AND what is expected of them. People
cannot help you achieve the outcome you desire if they don't know what it is
or what their part in it should be. When you do this efficiency increases,
and you can do more with fewer people.
2. Put
a professional development program (PDP)
in place.
This can be a new benefit that will save you
thousands of dollars by systematically weeding out non-performers. This
will allow you to grow and promote your most productive employees, give you
proven ways to get average people more productive or provide compassionate
(and legal) outplacement for non-performers. If you don't recognize the
difference between these 3 categories of employees then the chances are you
will lose your best people and be left with those whose cost exceeds their
value.
3.
Develop a world-class recruiting
program.
Keeping people whose cost exceeds value is your
#1 HR cost issue, and your managers will never release marginal performers
unless they feel your recruiting program will deliver someone better. This
means creating a picture of the perfect candidate, figure out where this
candidate is located and leaving no stone unturned in pursuing him/her. It
also means knowing how to interview so you can see beneath the candidates
surface and discover what's inside. Having this program in place will allow
you to find impact players that will improve your productivity and fill any
position in 60 days or less with good choices (this will reduce your cost per
hire).
These are only 3 of many ways that an
outstanding HR department can help you save money. If you need help
implementing any of these ideas, or would like to hear about some of the other
ways HR can be a cost saving department give me a call at 708-645-2530 or
email us.
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