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5 Things Top Employees Deeply Care About
The fourth one is the most difficult to implement
In a globally competitive market, attracting and retaining talent should be every company’s top priority.
Technological progress has replaced many jobs but has also empowered those who remain in the workforce. Today, losing a key employee could spell the end of an entire department.
Despite the differences across industries, top employees look for the same 5 things in an employer. And it is likely that salary only ranks fifth in this group.
Purpose
For many, work is a form of nuisance, perhaps even a punishment. Top employees do not see their job in the same way.
Through determination, or sheer luck, they discovered that working is an opportunity to create, to serve, and to produce something remarkable. Unfortunately, too often employers create working environments designed to achieve exactly the opposite.
Top employees ask for more than just a job (and a pay check). They want to contribute to something greater than a bottom line. They want to work on something they are proud of, something that actually solves a problem and, hopefully, something that will last.
