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People are scarce […]","datePublished":"2025-03-25","dateModified":"2025-03-25","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.getspun.ca\/author\/#Person","name":"","url":"https:\/\/www.getspun.ca\/author\/","identifier":1,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/831abbcc684823965c5caa39ae4561083127c8aedfe9e524c6cecc176998c733?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/831abbcc684823965c5caa39ae4561083127c8aedfe9e524c6cecc176998c733?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"getspun.ca","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"\/logo.png","url":"\/logo.png","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.getspun.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_a316264_w2096_t1527192704.jpg_1..jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.getspun.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_a316264_w2096_t1527192704.jpg_1..jpg","height":0,"width":0},"url":"https:\/\/www.getspun.ca\/are-you-having-trouble-finding-good-employees\/","about":["Companies"],"wordCount":531,"articleBody":" ?  situation is neither strange nor surprising, as it has been going on for some time now. People are scarce in the job market; when they are available, companies vie for them and try to offer them better and better conditions.Thanks to modern technologies and the convergence of fields, the job market is changing, and the problem for companies is that they fail to respond to these changes. As a result, they find that their employees leave for better opportunities, and they are then unable to find replacements. Most companies are still preoccupied with the question of why their products aren\u2019t good enough for their customers and are constantly trying to come up with something new. However, most companies are making a mistake here because they often fail to realize that the biggest problem is actually their employees. Or rather, they realize that they need to start with corporate culture and employee satisfaction.Once companies recognize the need for change, they typically implement the following measures:\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 benefits\u00b7         pay raises\u00b7         meal vouchers\u00b7         relaxation areas But nowadays, when everything is moving so fast and, in general, everything is readily available in our economy, the situation is such that these perks are no longer effective as motivators.So what does work, and how can you retain employees or discourage them from leaving?\u00b7         First and foremost, employees must feel that their employer is truly a good one. If there\u2019s high turnover, employees don\u2019t trust their employer and are therefore stressed from the start, preparing for a change. As a result, they\u2019ll jump at any other offer or won\u2019t perform as well as they could if they actually viewed their employer as a good one!\u00b7         Employees must feel that they\u2019re doing work that matters. If someone spends all day writing articles for the internet and doesn\u2019t know whether they\u2019re any good or if anyone is reading them, they\u2019ll gradually lose interest. If someone spends all day poring over spreadsheets and doesn\u2019t know what practical (rather than theoretical) purpose they serve, they\u2019ll certainly lose interest as well. The result is that they\u2019ll leave for more meaningful work, even if it pays less.\u00b7         Employees need to know that their work is helping them grow and that they\u2019re also advancing within the company. If you don\u2019t motivate your employee by giving them more and more responsibility, if you don\u2019t show them that they have a chance to advance, and if you don\u2019t constantly prepare them for such opportunities, they\u2019ll surely soon realize that they aren\u2019t actually needed and that someone else could do their job.\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A hard worker must have the kind of work environment they need\u2014whether that\u2019s a home office or an external workspace. If you place someone who needs quiet to work in an open-plan office, they certainly won\u2019t be happy or comfortable there, and they won\u2019t perform their job well. Then it may happen that they\u2019ll leave to work somewhere with a small office where they\u2019ll have peace and quiet, even though they\u2019ll earn much less money and receive fewer benefits.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                "},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Are you having trouble finding good employees?","item":"https:\/\/www.getspun.ca\/are-you-having-trouble-finding-good-employees\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]