Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Hire 2.5s, Not 4.0s

Hiring managers or workers with authority to hire new employees, hire people who have a 2.5 Grade Point Average (GPA). Why? The 2.5 workers are more likely to stay in the company and to perform the same job functions for a long time—sometimes to the point of retirement; in other words, lower turnover rate. In today’s workplace and economic conditions, workers are working beyond their retirement. 2.5 workers earned a 2.5 GPA because they do terrible in school is a fallacy in my opinion.

4.0 workers are more likely to leave the company when the job becomes boring, management does nothing, the company goes no where, and/or the workers realize there is more to their careers than working in dead end jobs. These workers are more likely to complain, to take action not warranted by anyone, and to arrive at work late. When entering the building, they are someone else such that they do little work, and it’s not because they are lazy, it’s because they don’t care. Keep 4.0 workers happy and constantly rise the workplace ladder, they are likely to stay and to outperform 2.5 workers.

For companies who want to take a risk and really keep turnover low, hire workers with a high school degree only. Workers with high school degrees are most likely to stay at the company for a long time and may have the self-motivation to innovate the position, department, and the entire company. Bill Gates and Michael Dell have high school degrees only. They are household names.

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