HR Workshop #2: What Is Actually Working to Hire and Keep People?

HR Webinar #2 Survey -- This short survey will help tailor the session to the real workforce challenges facing IFI member companies. Please answer based on what you are seeing in your organization today.

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Where is your organization experiencing the most difficulty right now?  Select up to 3.

Getting enough qualified applicants
Finding people with fastener/manufacturing experience
Competing on pay or benefits
Getting candidates to accept offers
Keeping candidates engaged through the hiring process
Getting new hires successfully through the first 30–90 days
Retaining experienced production employees
Retaining skilled technical employees
Retaining supervisors or leaders
Attracting younger workers into manufacturing

Which roles are currently the hardest for you to fill or keep?

Short answer. Examples might include operators, setup personnel, tooling, maintenance, quality, engineering, sales, or supervisors.

Where do you think you lose the most people?

Select up to 2.

Before they apply
After applying but before interviewing
During the interview/selection process
Between offer and first day
First 30 days
Days 31–90
After they are fully trained
We are not sure where we are losing them

Which of these numbers can you readily answer today?

Select all that apply.

Average time to fill key hourly positions
Offer acceptance rate
New-hire turnover within 90 days
Overall turnover
Turnover by department, shift, supervisor, or location
Top reasons employees leave
Cost of an open position or turnover
None of these are easy for us to pull

What is one hiring or retention practice that seems to be working well for your organization?

What is one hiring or retention problem you would especially like to hear how other IFI companies are handling?

What would make this webinar especially useful to you?

Select up to 2.

Ideas for attracting more qualified applicants
Improving job postings and recruiting outreach
Improving interviewing and candidate selection
Improving the first day / first 90 days
Reducing early turnover
Retaining experienced skilled employees
Examples of what other fastener manufacturers are doing
Simple ways to identify where our hiring process is breaking down

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