Scheduling
Time & Attendance
Forecasting
Employee App
Payroll Integrations
Communications
Archive
By Charlotte Huff
Oct. 1, 2009
What can your company do to protect and support valued IT employees before recruiters come courting? Experts offer a mix of strategies:
Salary does indeed matter: Companies with IT talent—particularly those whose employees have health care expertise—should watch hiring trends closely in case they need to thaw any recession-related wage freezes, says John Stevenson, a Dallas-based information technology executive consultant. “Having a frozen wage base could harm them quickly,” he says.
Beyond pay: Re-examine your fringe benefits. While pay in the health care field may not necessarily be as high as in other industries, those jobs may offer better health insurance and longer-term career stability.
Be proactive: If you’ve laid off talented IT employees, start reconnecting with them to discuss upcoming opportunities, says Walt Zywiak, a principal researcher in Computer Sciences Corp.’s Healthcare Group. Health care leaders also should work hard to retain any employees with systems implementation skills, even if it’s on a consulting basis, he says.
Keep the work challenging: Bored employees may be enticed away by an emerging IT field, says Marty Witrak, who chairs the workforce subgroup of the National Rural HIT Coalition. “I would make the jobs in my own industry as exciting as possible, because I think they are going to be very exciting in health care.”
Come see what we’re building in the world of predictive employee scheduling, superior labor insights and next-gen employee apps. We’re on a mission to automate workforce management for hourly employees and bring productivity, optimization and engagement to the frontline.
Staffing Management
Managing employee time-off requests: A guide for business ownersSummary Vacation, sick time, PTO banks, and unpaid leave are only a few forms of employee time off — Mo...
Technology
Labor analytics: A how-to guide for company leadershipMake sure to start small, clean your data, use data from a variety of sources and use desired business ...
data analytics, employee data, HR Tech, people analytics, talent management
Technology
Why tattleware isn’t the solution for underperforming teamsIf your employees can take their smartphones out of their pockets to circumvent your efforts, how can y...
employee monitoring, HR technology, tattleware