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Attract and keep good employees

Introduction

Attracting and retaining great staff is the key for business success. Talented people who continue to develop skills and increase their value to their organization and to their customers are a company’s most important resource. The essay is on how to attract and retain these people and create an environment in which they remain competitive and continue to thrive.

Reasons for attracting and keeping good employees

More than a decade ago, leading trade associations in the United States began warning of an impending labor shortage. That prediction has turned out to apply to almost all parts of the more and more intensively competitive business world nowadays. This labor shortage affects almost every industry and employers must begin to look outside of traditional labor pool sources. As “greener” workers take their places on jobsites, accidents are sure to follow. That’s why attracting and retaining good employees is key. Company owners and management have to take the responsibility and efforts to create an environment where good employees are willing to work in and stay.

Definition of good employees

A productive employee is a satisfied employee. Productive, satisfied employees create successful busi nesses. It's management’s job to create the environment that enables employees to feel satisfied on a consistent basis.

"Employees are brought on to do a specific task, and a good employee knows where they're at, and where they're going," says Dustin Ford, an account executive at

Management Recruiters, one of the largest search firms in the country. "Employers, of course, are looking at, how can this employee either make money or save money?" Ford specializes in finding and placing people in the industrial sales sector. He worked for Motion Industries prior to this position, and has been recruiting for five years.

"Good employees are attracted by advantageous aspects other than strictly compensation, something more than a number," he says. "Today, they're looking for a career package, including a comfortable company culture, career path, diversity of responsibilities, and a work/life balance. That balance is becoming increasingly more popular. A company can give it all to an employee, but they still want to have a life to spend time with their spouses and kids."

David Groce is an account manager at Power & Controls Automation, an automation products distributor in Norcross, Ga. The company is the master distributor for Siemens Energy and Automation in Florida and Georgia.

"A good employee features loyalty, commitment, creativity, and attention to detail, a trait that is very important and quite rare," says Groce. "Beyond benefits and a salary package, an employee needs to have confidence in the company. They need to know that the products you are selling are no risk, and that the company itself will be staying in the industry, and is reliable."

According to Groce, security is the differentiation between a good company and a bad company.

Derek Butcher and his sister, Michelle St. John, are the operations manager and vice president of marketing, respectively, for their family business, IBS, Inc., a general-line distributor in Auburn, Wash. IBS sells cutting tools, abrasives, electrical components and fittings, among other products, to MRO customers in several industries.

"A good employee has a positive attitude, is trainable, has a reputable track record, and works well with others," says St. John. "As a small company, we are able to be more flexible, and boast a family-friendly environment with a more self-management style. We allow employees to take time for what they need and