Your employees are your shipyard’s greatest asset. That means investing in them and their future is key to ensuring they have a great employee experience and will remain loyal and engaged with your company. Investments should be about more than just benefits or salaries. Furthering their career goals and advance their skills are also essential. There are plenty of other reasons you should be investing in your team. Here are just a few things to think about as you plan for the rest of your year and into 2018.
Attract top employees.
When you create a culture that shows your interest in investing in your staff, you also begin to attract top performers. Your reputation has as much to do with the talent you have on staff as your ability to hire qualified individuals. Demonstrating how invested you are in creating a team with great skills, you’ll begin to attract better quality workers.
Retain your star performers.
An investment in their time, engagement, and career development will also help you with long term retention. Rather than leaving your shipyard to find another opportunity, you are likely to build loyalty with your current staff. This retention will help you establish better practices and be able to service your customers.
Encourage career growth.
The most important aspect of investing in your employees is to encourage their professional growth not only for themselves but also to better your organization. Perks and benefits are great, but allocating some of your budget to career development will also create loyalty and bring on the skills your company needs to succeed.
Empowers future leaders.
With this method, you will also be creating the leaders of the future. Your company will do much better with inside talent moving up the ranks to leadership positions. Someone who sees that there are advancement opportunities for people from all levels of the organization will give everyone the confidence they need to improve their skills and advance their knowledge.
Work with a leader in shipyard staffing.
Do you want to learn more about investing in your staff and improving hiring and retention? Contact the team at Hutco today to learn more.
