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Develop Your Own Employees and Watch Them Prosper

If you want your business to prosper, then you must take the time to invest in your employees. Why? Good people are hard to find, and loyal employees are even rarer, so the more you invest in the learning and developing of your teams, the more they will give back to your business. While you can do a fair amount of hiring too, giving your employees a fair chance at being their best on the job is worth the time and effort.

The benefits to the company as a result of investing in employees are:

  • More engaged employees
  • Improved team work
  • Increased ability to compete
  • Higher employee retention
  • Loyal employees going the extra mile

Employees who see their companies investing resources to help their careers will appreciate those investments. That behavior shows the company values its employees and wants them to succeed.

Here are some ways to develop your own employees and watch them prosper, while your business bottom line is improved too.

Use Onboarding Programs for all New Hires and Temporary Workers

Bring people on the right way with structured onboarding programs for all the new employees you hire and all temporary employees. Studies have shown that onboarding increases retention and performance by as much as 60 percent over those employees who have not had this experience. Your employees will prosper because they know how to produce and perform. The beginning of their time with the company won’t be trying to learn everything on their own.

Create On-site Learning and Development Programs for Employees

Your employees come with many skills that they’ve earned in previous jobs, but if you really want efforts to be focused on your company goals, the addition of on-site learning programs makes the best sense. Hire educators to work with groups of employees to learn new concepts and skills. Support advanced education to help employees grow in their careers so they can prosper. Those smaller investments in your current employees will be less than the time and money needed to make a new hire.

Develop a Succession Plan to Help Employees Earn More

If you really want to get the most return on investment for your employee development programs, then a succession plan is a must. Plan who you will move up into mid-level and management positions, and when you will need to hire replacements at entry-level roles. Temporary staffers can be added to fulfill this need. Your promoted employees will be ready to give back to the organization through their new assignments and increased salary level.

 

Whatever challenges you face, Davis Staffing has the experience and flexibility to help you overcome them. Contact our great team today to work with one of the top staffing agencies in Chicago.