Tag: Attract and retain

HR Trends: Are you prepared for job candidates to ask, “Why should I work here?”

Posted on by Bobbi Kloss, BAN Director of Human Capital Management

Here are three areas HR leaders should be thinking about as they aim to attract talented employees (and keep their existing ones) in 2019.

The stars have aligned for today’s job seekers: unemployment is at historic lows and job openings are plentiful. For millennials in particular, the urge to seek out a new role is strong. Their expectations of the workplace are unlike those of older generations–they want job satisfaction and work/life balance.

If you think millennials’ expectations are high, just wait. “Gen Z are the ones driving the technology that is being used,” Bobbi Kloss, director of Benefit Advisors Network’s Human Capital Management team told attendees at a recent webinar on 2019 HR trends. “These are your AI thinkers, and they want information so much faster, so much more intelligently based. They’re looking for the opportunity to shine. They want that faster career track progression, they want to be that leader within an organization.”

What all this adds up to, said Kloss, is that “at any given time, 50 percent of your workforce may be thinking, I’m not really happy here.”

So what is an employer to do? This is one problem that can’t be… [Read more]


Article by Emily Payne |October 1, 2018| BenefitsPRO.com

Culture vs. Discrimination in the Workplace

Posted on by Bobbi Kloss, BAN Director of Human Capital Management

“Employee turnover at all-time highs.” “Lowest unemployment rates in 18 years.”

Discrimination in the Workplace vs. Culture, do these headlines sound familiar? They should, as they have dominated the business news media and the Human Resources forums for the past year. The facts behind these headlines are a reflection of the challenges that all employers are having in their ability to attract and retain employees, including 3.9% unemployment rate; employee turnover 35% times more than previous generations; and compensation and benefits the third most important aspect of what attracts Millennials.

These converging forces of a tight labor market and generational influences has left the challenge of competing for candidates keeping HR up at night. Savvy employers know that they need to change their strategies in order to be considered an employer of choice. The tactic of only offering a competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit package is outdated. The candidates are now driving the interview asking, “Why should I work here?” Employers need to show how they elevate themselves above (or at least equal to) the competition with innovation, teamwork, career progression, holistic wellness and being technology driven. These are the faces of the culture that are…[continue reading]

The article above was written by Bobbi Kloss and featured in Los Angeles Advertising Human Resource Professionals and on the Entertainment Human Resources Network. 

Bobbi Kloss is the Director of Human Capital Management Services for the Benefit Advisors Network, a national network of independent employee benefit brokerage and consulting companies. For more information, please visit: benefitadvisorsnetwork.com or email the author at
bkloss@benefitadvisorsnetwork.com.