By Elly Valas Recruiting and retaining motivated personnel may well be one of the greatest challenges facing business today. The nation's unemployment levels have recently reached all-time lows. The problem has become so serious that a recent article in USA Today reported that some companies are tying compensation to managers' abilities to attract and retain employees.
Retail employment is, during the best times, often a turnover rollercoaster.
The consumer electronics industry competes with other high-tech arenas for a limited pool of skilled employees. More than ever, savvy companies will have to provide incentives, motivation and opportunities if they are going to retain qualified, trained employees. To be successful in building a new generation of industry professionals, we will have to promote the available opportunities and recruit positive people to the industry. High performance individuals are ones who have a great deal of self-esteem and can clearly communicate the benefits of technology to customers. If we were to draw a parallel between our business and a professional sports organization, we would see that building a team is a combination of recruitment, training, motivation and practice.