An engineering management perspective on recruiting and retaining quality staff

Abstract

Annual turnover in technology-based employment fields remains below the US average, but the impacts of employee initiated turnover can unfortunately significantly affect any organization with knowledge workers as its key asset. This will provide an overview of issues pertinent to staff recruiting and retention in the engineering and computer science disciplines. The uniqueness of the engineering and computer science workforce in these areas will be briefly discussed. Recent statistics and trends in recruiting and retention will also be presented as further background information. Changes to traditional recruiting approaches will be presented. Suggestions on improving staff satisfaction (and, consequently, retention) will be presented in the management, project, technology, and career areas.