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Finding and Keeping Great Employees
Book

Finding and Keeping Great Employees

AMACOM, 1999 plus...


Editorial Rating

7

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Recommendation

Job seekers and job holders alike tend to think they’re National Football League free-agents when it comes to getting and keeping jobs in this low unemployment era. Thus, corporations can find it very tempting to act like football teams - throw money at recruits, throw money at employees with wanderlust - and then throw up their hands when people leave. No need for all that, say authors Jim Harris and Joan Brannick. Finding and keeping great employees isn’t about winning the bidding, it’s about getting to the source of employee alienation and rebuilding connections among people, their jobs, their lives and your company. getAbstract recommends this book to employees, especially unhappy ones, and to human resources professionals of all stripes, from recruiters to compensation analysts to development specialists, and even football coaches.

Take-Aways

  • The biggest obstacle to finding and maintaining the most talented workforce is lack of connection between employees and their companies, jobs and personal values.
  • Successful recruitment and retention requires aligning your employment efforts with your organizational culture.
  • Pursue a culture driven by customer service, innovation, operational excellence or spirit.

About the Authors

Jim Harris, Ph.D., is president of the James Harris Group. He is author of Getting Employees to Fall in Love With Your Company. Joan Brannick , Ph.D., is president of Brannick Human Resources Connections.