How to Elevate Employee Engagement as a Small HR Department

Learn how to use special approaches to recruit for high turnover positions and why these situations can be especially tricky in a low unemployment economy. In a full employment economy, employers face special challenges in attracting talent of any kind to their organizations. But that problem is exacerbated when the positions are associated with high turnover--such as jobs that are associated with stress or tough work. Employers with such positions may need to use special recruiting approaches to attract people for what might otherwise be called high turnover positions.

With the acceptance of hybrid and remote work options, the need to design a human-centered onboarding experience has never been more important. A great onboarding experience can improve retention by 82%, yet 88% of organizations fail to onboard their employees well. What does a human-centered onboarding experience look like…virtually? Limeade will unpack methods on how to design a human-centered onboarding experience that makes employees feel welcomed, supported, and set up for success.

Employers today are dealing with more than just a tight talent market, increased turnover and rising wages; the world of work has permanently changed —and so have candidate expectations. The demand for total talent has become more dynamic, and employers are leveraging seasonal and project-based hiring to reduce the time to mobilise internal and external workforces. Reviewing candidate experience through high-optimised talent acquisition technology, and the role of digital personas in the ongoing engagement of your workforce.

During this session attendees will learn about the shift from “soft skills” to “power skills,” and how with the growing need to engage and retain talent, companies are tasked with tangibly investing in their people beyond technical skills.