{"id":1934,"date":"2012-04-30T04:02:56","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T10:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corevalues.com\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2012-04-30T04:02:56","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T10:02:56","slug":"7-perks-that-attract-and-retain-you-best-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/2012\/04\/30\/7-perks-that-attract-and-retain-you-best-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"7 \u201cPerks\u201d that Attract and Retain You Best Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Copyright TIGERS Success Series<\/p>\n

By Dianne Crampton<\/p>\n

Do you have those days where you can\u2019t wait to jump out of bed and get to work to put in a full productive day? You say those days are few and far between, maybe even non-existent? Not surprising when a recent Gallup poll showed that less than 30% of the workforce actually enjoy their jobs and care enough to make valuable contributions to the organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Well, some forward thinking organizations have come up with some traditional and <\/em>some innovative \u201coutside the box\u201d ways to ensure employees show up to work bright-eyed and bushy tailed ready to give 110%.\u00a0 In other words, these employers have figured out how to position themselves as the elite \u201cpreferred employers\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 that will ultimately attract the best of the best in talented staff and management personnel.\u00a0 These employers know that engaged employees reduce an organization\u2019s turnover rate which leads to a reduction in the high cost of hiring and training new team members. Engaged employees are almost 3 times as productive as a disengaged employee. Now add that to an organization\u2019s bottom line!<\/p>\n

So what do these organizations do to keep their employees happy and successfully motivated? These employers have upped the ante beyond the \u201cEmployee of the Month\u201d parking space. Simply stated\u2026that have added perks to their company benefit programs. The best part is, you don\u2019t have to be a major corporation to initiate employee perks. Many of these perks work quite nicely for smaller businesses that don\u2019t have large purse strings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here is a list of perks other organizations have successfully integrated into their employee benefit programs to motivate and create \u201chappy\u201d employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n