Nowadays, organizations are facing major challenges in terms of employee retention. Today’s generation does not believe in doing things over and over again. They look for growth and development at every stage of their career. This is the reason for increasing employee attrition.

Now, the question is how can we stop employees from leaving the company? It’s their wish if they do not want to continue working with the organization. However, there’s lot a manager can do to control attrition.

Before recruiting people it is essential for human resource department to ensure that the skill set of the people match with the available profile. If an employee is highly qualified and the profile is not challenging enough for his he will feel the need to look for a change. Thus, ensuring that the skill set is properly matched to the profiles is very important.

It’s the job of human resources to ensure that the competitive salaries are paid to the employees. If the salaries are lower than the salaries offered by the competitive organizations then there’s a huge possibility of employee attrition.

It’s also very important that the goals of all the employees are well defined. They should know what is expected out of them. In case the employees are not on the right track , the management should guide him at regular intervals and provide adequate advancement opportunities.

It’s also very important to hold employees satisfactions surveys time to time. This is necessary as the management will come to know beforehand of any concerns and can address them timely which will result in preventing employees from leaving the organization.

Remember, employees are not always concerned with the compensation part only. They also look for flexibility in the job. Many organizations nowadays provide employees with flexible working hours, work from home facility, and education at work. Employees also take into account these factors apart from the compensation part

Last but not the least, show your employees that you value them and they are irreplaceable. Never forget to recognize them if they have achieved something. Also, its very important to keep your employees motivated at all times if you want to retain them