How to Keep Your Top IT Talent in an Ultra-Competitive Market
Posted April 20th, 2017
With tech hiring becoming more challenging by the day, working to keep your current IT talent is often critical to your company’s success. Often, businesses need to create comprehensive retention plans that focus on numerous areas, as there is no single aspect of the job that is guaranteed to increase retention on its own. To help you explore what your organization can do to keep top IT talent happy in their positions, here are some tips to help you manage the task in today’s ultra-competitive market.
Competitive Compensation
It’s true that money isn’t everything, but failing to keep pace with your competitors when it comes to compensation means it will be harder to keep top talent from leaving. Often, you can find information about what your IT professionals could make if they worked for other companies with relative ease. So, gather that data and make sure you keep your employees in that same zone.
Flexibility
The strict, traditional work day continues to lose ground with employees. Today, it’s all about flexibility. Whether you create work schedules outside of the weekday 8-5, offer the option to work remotely, or have generous paid time off policies, letting workers have options to manage their professional and personal lives will keep your best workers more satisfied than trying to force them into an antiquated framework.
Provide Opportunities
Often, your most talented tech professionals crave new experiences. Whether it is the opportunity to try out new technologies, cross-train into other areas, or access formal education, giving them a chance to learn and explore increase employee engagement and support other retention efforts.
Similarly, give employees a chance to provide input regarding their daily experiences. Take the time to hear their concerns and address those that can be remedied. Sometimes, you workers are far more aware of what is working and what isn’t. So, be open to hearing their perspective and make adjustments accordingly.
Embrace Feedback
Both positive feedback and constructive criticism can help you retain your best and brightest when used properly. Savings all of your feedback for an annual review is simply insufficient and can feel like a bombardment at best or an attack at worst. Instead, work feedback into your regular activities. When something occurs that deserve praise, don’t wait to express appreciation. Similarly, if something needs to change, address it quickly and concisely. That way, nothing is left lingering. And you don’t have to worry about important points being forgotten either.
Stay Current
Outdated hardware and software solutions are a bane to IT workers’ existence. Failing to keep pace means your employees are wasting time on tasks that could be better managed with the proper investment. Instead, make sure your tech pros have the tools they need to succeed, especially when it comes to automating tedious and repetitive tasks. Then, they can use their time on duties that truly require their attention and will have the solutions they need to manage them well.
If you are looking for new IT talent to join your team, Bayside Solutions can give you an edge in today’s ultra-competitive market. Contact us to see how our services can make your hiring processes more effective today.
