It is becoming increasingly difficult to hire – let alone retain – retail workers. Technological advancements have created an opportunity to overcome the biggest challenges in retail recruitment.
HR Retail.
HR Retail offered attendees the chance to discover the agile people strategies enabling retail brands to transform their customer offering and profit from changing consumer behaviour.
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What to know about HR in a retail store
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Retail relationship-building strategies
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Employee turnover statistics in restaurants
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Theories of motivation in the retail industry
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Attrition in the retail sector
The industry Sectors.
High Turnover
Retail is notorious for having a high rate of employee turnover. This means employees routinely come and go.
Legalities
The industry is fraught with costly lawsuits, requiring HR to be ever more vigilant managers following the law.
Diversity
A diverse workforce helps a retailer better connect with its marketplace and leads to better ideas and results.
Risk Management
HR staff members should implement trainings that focus on lifting, chemical handling and ladder climbing.
Seasonal Demand
Retailers often try to add temporary staff during the holiday buying season with fewer skilled and trained workers.
Microconceptions
Common concerns include long hours, no full-time jobs or benefits, low pay and no growth opportunities.
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Leadership Training
A great way for managers at all levels to improve their ability to inspire and motivate individuals and teams to achieve business results
Creating opportunities for personal growth and development is a cornerstone of the employee engagement process. The Society for Human Resource Management asserts that such jobs allow employees to grow in knowledge through learning and training programs.
New knowledge and new skills inspire employees to define their jobs more broadly, thereby increasing their willingness to take ownership of new challenges and new assignments with still greater income potential. Employees eventually become fully engaged.
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