KeenAlignment Blog | Reduce Unwanted Turnover

The 5 Best Strategies To Reduce Employee Turnover

by Margaret Graziano | Aug 09, 2016 | Employee Attrition Rate, Employee Retention, Reduce Unwanted Turnover, Reduce Costly Turnover, Improve Employee Retention, Leadership Retention

Here are the 5 best strategies to keep employee turnover to a minimum. 1. Hire the Right Candidates in the First Place The best way to reduce employee turnover is to get the hiring process right, starting with recruiting the right type of person for the...

The Skilled Labor Shortage-And What To Do About It.

The Problem One of the sole competitive advantages your business has is the people you hire to carry out your mission. Running a company effectively now and in the future is directly related to your ability to choose the right people for the right...

Employee Involvement: What’s All The Fuss?

by Margaret Graziano | Aug 07, 2013 | Employee Attrition Rate, Employee Engagement, Employee Satisfaction, High Performance Team, High Performance Culture, Employee Performance Reviews, Employee Retention, Performance Management, Reduce Unwanted Turnover, Workforce Optimization, Retention Strategy, Recruitment Strategy, Talent Management, Talent Strategy, Workforce Strategy, Management Training

If people are the fuel for business engine, a high performing group of people is key for business success. Creating a Talent Strategy that puts people first encourages high performance. With studies, news anchors and special programming all geared around...

Is Employee Retention An American Fable?

Never before have US companies had a harder time keeping their employees ALIVE and PRESENT at work. Maybe this FREE Agent mindset people are talking about has some real perks for both sides of the equation. I have been studying employment and work-place...

Talent Strategy or Competition? How to make all your people feel like they’ve been promoted

I recently read an article for employees about how to position themselves for a promotion. In a corporate culture where the path to the goods is getting on top, getting that promotion is the key to nirvana. The next step up the corporate ladder means...

5 Ways to Retain Your Top Talent

While the recession is easing and unemployment figures are falling, there is another set of numbers that doesn't look so good.

Staffing Industry Executive Forum Recap

2011 marks anew for all industries alike. The Staffing Industry is not immune to change, nor should it pretend to be. Since 2009 a lot has changed, and the Staffing Industry is becoming a whole new animal. From Margaret attending the Staffing Industry...

Recruitment: Why Change is Good

by Margaret Graziano | Feb 15, 2011 | behavioral interviewing, Behavioral Interviews, Hiring, better workforce, Conscious Hiring, Executive Coaching, Executive Recruitment, Hire better, Employee Retention, Employment Selection, Hiring for Start Ups, Hiring Process, Hiring Talent Management Professionals, how to hire, HR Best Practices, Human Resources, Keenhire, Leadership Development, Managing Change, margaret graziano, On-Boarding, Performance Management, Reduce Unwanted Turnover, staffing, Strategic HR Professionals, Turnkey HR Solutions, War For Talent, workforce planning, Organizational Effectiveness, People ROI, recruiter training, Personality Assessments, Recruiting, recruiting strategy, Recruiting Training, recruitment process, Recruitment Strategy, Recruitment Training, Return on Hiring Investment, Succession Planning, Talent Management, War for Talent, Workforce Performance Management, Assessments, Hiring Top Sales People, HR Strategy, Human Capital Management, Human Resources Management Consulting, keen tools, Management Training, Organizational Development, Recruitment Process Improvement

Global employment is changing rapidly. Within the last 20 years, we've witnessed highs and lows that have redefined the way talent is acquired, assessed, and implemented into the various business environments of the modern world. This change has been a...

Market Manager -Chicago

by Margaret Graziano | Feb 10, 2011 | Behavioral Interviews, Chicago Recruitment Executives, Chicago Staffing Executives, Emerging Leaders, Chicago Consulting Executives, Chicago Market Manager, Chicago VP Consulting, Conscious Hiring, Executive Coaching, Executive Recruitment, Employee Performance Reviews, Employee Retention, Employment Selection, Hiring for Start Ups, HR Best Practices, Leadership Development, On-Boarding, Performance Management, Reduce Unwanted Turnover, Sales Market Manager Chicago, Organizational Effectiveness, People ROI, Personality Assessments, recruiting strategy, Recruiting Training, Recruitment Strategy, Return on Hiring Investment, Succession Planning, VP Sales Chicago, Chicago HR Executives, Chicago VP of Sales, Hiring Top Sales People, Human Resources Management Consulting, Management Training, Managing Virtual Employees, Recruitment Process Improvement

Market Manager You enjoy selling and business development, creating strategic solutions that meet your customers’ needs as well as becoming an integral part of your customers strategic advisory counsel. An ideal opportunity for you is one that affords...

KeenHire Opening For HR, Sales And Marketing Administrator

by Margaret Graziano | Feb 08, 2011 | Administrative Careers, Executive Coaching, Employee Retention, Employment Selection, Hiring for Start Ups, HR Best Practices, On-Boarding, Reduce Unwanted Turnover, Sales Administrator Careers, HR Administrator Careers, Marketing Administrator Careers

You are an articulate, upbeat and professional minded and business Administrator with strong attention to detail, excellent written and verbal communication skills and comprehensive Microsoft office expertise. You thrive in a role where you are...

Choosing To Win During A War For Talent

by Margaret Graziano | Jan 25, 2011 | Human Capital, Behavioral Interviews, Better Hiring, Emerging Leaders, Hiring, Conscious Hiring, Executive Coaching, Executive Recruitment, Hire better, Employee Retention, Hiring for Start Ups, Hiring Process, Hiring Talent Management Professionals, how to hire, HR Best Practices, Human Resources, Keenhire, leadership, Leadership Development, margaret graziano, On-Boarding, Performance Management, Reduce Unwanted Turnover, Strategic HR Professionals, Turnkey HR Solutions, Organizational Effectiveness, People ROI, recruiters, Recruiting, recruiting strategy, Recruiting Training, Recruitment Strategy, Recruitment Training, Return on Hiring Investment, Succession Planning, Talent Management, Talent Shortage, Talent Strategy, War for Talent, workforce, HR, HR Strategy, Human Capital Management, Human Resources Management Consulting, Organizational Development, Recruitment Process Improvement

By: John Kurzatkowski. I currently work with Margaret at KeenHire as a Sr. Recruitment Consultant, and wanted to share with you a bit more about how to win in the midst of a war for talent. As the business-news media competes for our attention by...

KeenAds: An Account Executive In Silcon Valley

by Margaret Graziano | Jan 23, 2011 | Emerging Leaders, Executive Coaching, Executive Recruitment, Employee Performance Reviews, Employee Retention, Employment Selection, Hiring for Start Ups, Hiring Process, Hiring Talent Management Professionals, HR Best Practices, Leadership Development, Managing Change, On-Boarding, Performance Management, Reduce Unwanted Turnover, selling HR Consulting, Selling outsourcing, Silicon Valley Sales, Turnkey HR Solutions, Sales consulting career, Sales Staffing, Organizational Effectiveness, People ROI, Personality Assessments, recruiting strategy, Recruiting Training, Return on Hiring Investment, Sales jobs in Silicon Valley, Selling consulting services, Virtual workforce, HR Strategy, Human Capital Management, Human Resources Management Consulting, Management Training, Managing Virtual Employees, Organizational Development, Recruitment Process Improvement

Account Executive/ New Business

Lets Talk Retention

by Margaret Graziano | Jan 20, 2011 | Behavioral Interviews, Emerging Leaders, Hiring, Conscious Hiring, Executive Coaching, Executive Recruitment, Employee Performance Reviews, Employee Retention, Employment Selection, Hiring for Start Ups, Hiring Process, Hiring Talent Management Professionals, HR Best Practices, Human Resources, Leadership Development, Managing Change, On-Boarding, people roi, Performance Management, Reduce Unwanted Turnover, Strategic HR Professionals, Training, Turnkey HR Solutions, workforce planning, Organizational Effectiveness, People ROI, retention, recruiting strategy, Recruiting Training, Recruitment Strategy, Recruitment Training, Return on Hiring Investment, Succession Planning, Talent Management, War for Talent, Workforce Performance Management, Coaching, HR, HR Strategy, Human Capital Management, Human Resources Management Consulting, Management Training, Organizational Development, Recruitment Process Improvement

According to Noah Webster, "Retention is the act or power of keeping or retaining. Corporately, retention is the power to keep employees actively engaged and committed to being an integral part of the organization."

Applying the Win/Win principle to the “War�? for Talent

by Margaret Graziano | Jan 15, 2011 | better candidates, Emerging Leaders, hire for 2011, Hiring, Conscious Hiring, Executive Coaching, Hire better, Employee Retention, employer of choice, Employment Selection, Hiring for Start Ups, Hiring Process, Hiring Talent Management Professionals, HR Best Practices, Human Resources, Keenhire, margaret graziano, On-Boarding, Reduce Unwanted Turnover, Strategic HR Professionals, Turnkey HR Solutions, War For Talent, Organizational Effectiveness, People ROI, recruiting strategy, Recruiting Training, Recruitment Strategy, Recruitment Training, RPI, RPO, succession planning, Succession Planning, Talent Management, War for Talent, Workforce Performance Management, better recruiting, Hiring Top Sales People, Human Capital Management, Human Resources Management Consulting, Management Training, Organizational Development, Recruitment Process Improvement

As the business-news media competes for our attention by flashing information on the impending talent shortage, some of us listen with a keen ear while others turn to more urgent, pressing issues. After 22+ years in the human resources business, I don’t...

Shifting The Context For Employee Performance Reviews

You walk into the manager’s office and close the door. It has been nearly a year since you last sat in this room. Today is your yearly performance review, but as you both shuffle papers, you haven’t a clue what is going to be discussed.

Picking The Right Selection And Assessment Tool

by Margaret Graziano | Nov 27, 2010 | behavioral interviewing, Behavioral Interviews, Choosing Assessments, Employment Selection, Hiring Process, Hiring Tools, Performance Management, Reduce Unwanted Turnover, Organizational Effectiveness, Personality Assessments, Picking Assessments, Psychometric Assessment tools, War for Talent, What is the right hiring Assessment

How much can we learn about someone from a test? As it turns out, quite a bit! However, the process involves much more than simply asking a series of questions. There’s a science involved, and that’s where KeenHire comes in.

KeenHire Recruiter Certification Training - November 11, 2010

Performance Based Hiring Model Certification Training Agenda 11.11.10-11.13.10