Author: Antony Xavier
In today's scenario Job hopping has become so common. This is one phenomenon once which was seen frequently in few industries earlier, is now happening across the industries. Why it is happening? Different people have different perceptions.
Gone are those olden days when one struggled to get a job when fresh out of college, but once employed worked there till retirement? In those days no one ever thought of changing jobs. Perhaps nobody thought of career or work/monetary satisfaction that much, since job stability was more important.
Now it's a different ball game altogether. People are supposed to switch else they would stagnate. and it seems like a rule of thumb that no one sticks around in a single company for too long... and if he does then people think that is because; he is not good enough to get recruited anywhere..
It seems that many companies now are in a frenzy to recruit the best talent around that they give incentives to attract and pull in experienced people from contemporary companies. Good for the employees. One might say, it is easy to thrive under such market conditions. As the saying goes "Make hay while the sun shines"
Few people whom I met advised me that frequent switching is not advisable and you should stick around in a company and stay loyal if you wished to learn and progress but if you look at the career graphs and salary scale of people who switch regularly, you see that they have progressed so much over a very short time that it is impossible to grow so much staying with one organization...
But what is the main reason why people switch? Is it career growth? Or job satisfaction? Or money or is it the culture? Or all of these ?
Well there is one more scenario what if someone wants to come back to an organization the employee has quit. It’s not an easy decision to make for the hiring manager to decide.
There can be so many reasons why people quit but the main important reasons why people quit are No growth or No learning Opportunities or their immediate boss is not effective enough to retain or inspire them further.
Before you re-hire somebody one should get a complete perspective - Why did the person quit? Why the employee wants to come back? What Value the employee can bring in to the organization? What are the consequences it can lead to?
Let’s discuss these parameters now
Why did the person quit?
Did the person quit the organization and found something good with the new employer? Is that the fault of the leader who couldn't handle his team member effectively? Is it because of some miscommunication? Or was he fired because of a wrong decision taken on spot? Whatever it is, the person had quit because of the fault of the leader.
Why the employee wants to come back?
Did the employee take the wrong decision earlier? Or the employee wants to come back because the new role was a misfit in the company's culture or is it because the employee is not able to handle the challenges in the new organization.
What Value can employee bring in to the Organization?
What the employee has been doing since leaving your Organization, and how will his or her experience be beneficial to your firm? Keep in mind that if you aren't moving your company forward, then you are falling behind. Will this rehire be bringing with him new ideas to propel your company forward, or will the employee simply be doing what the employee did when the he / she left and nothing more?
What are the consequences it can lead to?
Since re-hiring is highly sensitive one should always remember that the re-hire should not disturb internal parity and it’s always better to discuss with the existing team about re-hiring and doesn't come like a surprise.
If you have the chance to rehire the same employee, first you’ll have to ensure that the issues mentioned in their Exit Interview that contributed to their departure earlier have changed or can be corrected. Today many organizations face lots of challenges in hiring talented employees and also the recruitment and training process can be costly, especially if there is a high staff turnover. Re-hiring previous employees can be a beneficial solution in the right circumstance provided if there is an effective Re-hiring policy in place. Click Here for the latest articles by the Author.
