Recruitment and Retention

Are you struggling with recruitment? Unsure of your options or what might work best for your organization? This in-depth class will explore the various challenges public sector organizations face in recruitment and offer effective strategies to overcome them.

You will learn about:

• Actionable suggestions to enhance recruitment efforts.

• Tools and resources for targeting the best candidates, ensuring a strong recruitment pipeline.

• How to draft effective State Personnel Board proposal requests for special hiring rates.

• Practical tips and examples for approval of pay incentives to design a competitive total compensation package when paired with benefits.

Retaining high-quality talent has become a significant challenge in today’s landscape, driven by competitive hiring practices, shifting employee expectations, and a growing desire for meaningful work.

Status-quo approaches to talent management won’t make a significant difference in reducing turnover. To be successful, leaders must adopt new strategies backed by research and evidence-based practices.

This program is designed to help. In it, you will learn foundational elements and useful tools to address your retention challenges.

Here are the some of the questions the program answers:

• What are the root causes of employee turnover?

• What data is needed to confirm the existence of retention problems?

• What is the role of pay in encouraging healthy retention? What are the limitations of using salary alone to address turnover?

• Beyond dissatisfaction with pay, what factors drive discontent, lack of engagement, and turnover?

The program will also explore:

• How the pandemic impacted the mindsets and behaviors of employees in regard to job satisfaction, engagement, and longevity.

• The surprising costs associated with turnover.

• How to work with the Division of Personnel in addressing retention issues.

If your organization is being disrupted by frequent turnover, you owe it to yourself and your employees to sign up for this one-day training and begin to turn the tide!