When I was playing with the idea to make a move, I sat down and asked myself, "what is important to me?"
As I sat down, my little girl came up to me and said, “Mommy, I am hungry and I want a snack!” That’s when it hit me! This little girl means the world to me.
I made up my mind at that moment: My move will be based upon what is best for my family.
I have onboarded a couple hundred new employees and the question that I love to ask is, "What motivates you to come to work every day?"
The answers are always around: family, money and career advancement.
So protect these areas! If anything happens that places these at risk, tell them what happened and what you are doing to fix it.
They will understand. Never ever leave them in the dark!
Communication and trust is key!
So how do you protect your employee’s family?
- Make sure they have a consistent schedule so they can spend time with them
- Ensure that they have the right coverage during open enrollment because they can’t change it after
- Make sure when it is time to go home that there are no obstructions like big trucks blocking the exit
How do you protect your people’s money?
- Make sure they are getting paid for the job they are doing
- Make sure their pay is fair compared to other companies
- Make sure their pay is right
- Use systems like Kronos to monitor that their hours are right
How do you protect their need to advance?
- Always post and communicate your openings internally
- Create a great on-the-job training to provide advancement opportunities
- Ensure that your supervisors are constantly evaluating your employees to find the gems who can fill other opportunities
- Provide opportunities for cross training
These are just three quick examples of how to protect what your people love! Don’t wait to do this when they are ready to walk out the door.
Take care of your people now!
Remember, that recruiting is expensive and can be a very stressful task for your recruiters and specially your Generalists who do it all!
Originally posted on HR2Serve blog.
Cecilia A. Clark (Cici) is a business-oriented talent management leader with almost a decade of experience in human resources management, with experience in talent acquisition, retention, workforce performance, employee relations, and employee engagement.
To Cecilia, every employee has the potential to overcome challenges and become an ideal employee, and she is driven to create strategic solutions to help current and potential employees thrive while meeting corporate goals. Cecilia thrives by developing key relationships with senior leaders to provide innovative HR solutions including coaching and mentoring programs, affinity groups, apprenticeship programs and ATS implementation to drive talent acquisition, employee engagement, retention, employee relations and leadership training. She is also known by employees at her plant as a very passionate lady who drives everyone towards achieving Schwan’s desired state. She has led many New Employee Onboarding classes and has taught over 150 new employees what it means to be an impactful and productive employee.
Currently, Cecilia is a Sr. HR Generalist for Schwan’s. She is working at one of their food manufacturing companies supporting two plants in Houston, TX. In addition, Cecilia has held several HR positions including Talent Acquisition Manager with NextOp, Inc., Talent Acquisition Consultant with Voyig, LCC and Human Resources Manager with the US Army.
Cecilia is a native Galvestonian and proud Texan with a strong military background. She enlisted in the United States Army in April 2005 and served multiple enlistments with both active and reserve components, including a year-long deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During her time in the service, Cecilia worked as a Bell 407 helicopter mechanic before transitioning to a role in human resources. After serving more than 10 years and earning the rank of Staff Sergeant, Cecilia left active-duty in 2015.
As an enthusiastic member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Cecilia volunteers her time with her local HR Houston chapter where she currently serves as a member of the Conference Symposium Committee and the Veteran HR Affinity group. Recently, Cecilia was a guest panelist for Source Houston, a local conference focusing on the best sourcing techniques and made guest appearances at HR focused podcasts like CAVNESSHR. In addition, Cecilia was a 2017 SHRM Foundation scholarship winner to attend SHRM’s Annual Conference & Exposition in June 2017, where she spoke during the Foundation’s luncheon about her service and passion for veteran hiring. She was also chosen to join the SHRM blogger team for the SHRM18 conference. Her latest speaking engagement was during a veteran program hosted by the Louisville SHRM chapter.
Cecilia is a strong advocate, mentor, and supporter of transitioning service members and veterans. She has mentored more than 340 veterans to help each find their passion and pursue the right careers based on their military and civilian background. As a volunteer, Cecilia has served on many committees and groups focused on veteran hiring and empowerment, including: the Women Veterans Empowerment Expo, U.S. Congressman Brian Babin’s Advisory Council, Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership, Lone Star Veterans Association, Greater Houston Partnership Upskill Houston, and Hiring Red, White, and You.
Cecilia has a Masters in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources Management and Business Development from the University of Houston-Downtown and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting, from the University of Phoenix.
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