--- title: SkyWater Blog | Retention (2) description: Retention | Tips for Employers and Job Seekers alike. From resume building, to interview tips, and more. This may be the most important blog you read today. 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Despite new working conditions such as work from home or sparse office layouts designed to promote social distancing and slow the spread of the virus, companies are making it work. This begs the question: how is your employee engagement holding up? And if you're feeling like your business may be experiencing a rise in employee *disengagement*, what can you implement to turn this around? [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/6-steps-to-employee-engagement) [![unlimited vacation time for employees](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/Stock%20images/Kid%20traveling%20by%20airplane.jpeg)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/unlimited-vacation) ## [How Unlimited Vacation Can Tip the Scales in your Favor with Top Talent](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/unlimited-vacation) Posted by [Tony Fornetti](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/tony-fornetti) on 2/3/20, 9:45 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/unlimited-vacation#comments-listing) In the ongoing battle for top candidates, a liberal vacation offering is a powerful perk.  In fact, a generous and flexible PTO policy does more than attract great *new* candidates.  When designed, communicated and managed well, it can also help you retain your current employees. [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/unlimited-vacation) [![frustrated young business man working on laptop computer at office](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/Stock%20images/frustrated%20young%20business%20man%20working%20on%20laptop%20computer%20at%20office.jpeg)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/is-your-it-talent-about-to-quit) ## [Is Your IT Talent About To Quit?](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/is-your-it-talent-about-to-quit) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 7/31/19, 11:43 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/is-your-it-talent-about-to-quit#comments-listing) American employees are disengaged and millions are looking for a new job. As a number of IT companies are beginning to discover, the sector isn’t immune. With low levels of unemployment and a scarcity of available talent, employers can’t afford to assume their top performers are satisfied in their work. [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/is-your-it-talent-about-to-quit) [![employee retention](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/shutterstock_694643950-300x200-2.jpg)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/employee-retention) ## [5 Retention Tactics I Learned From Our Employees](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/employee-retention) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 9/24/18, 9:58 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/employee-retention#comments-listing) In a recent [ADP article](http://www.adpresource.com/spark/articles/2018/08/the-age-of-employment-turnover-take-two.aspx), writer Ellen Gregory dispels a few long-held myths about “generational differences” in today’s workforce.  Most notably, she points to U.S. Department of Labor statistics from 1983 – 2016 (the most recent available) to suggest that “job hopping” among younger workers is *not* a new phenomenon.  Millennials didn’t start this trend. In fact, today’s baby boomers jumped around from job to job at roughly the same frequency when *they* were the age of today’s millennial workers. [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/employee-retention) [![MoneyHealth](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/MoneyHealth.jpg)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/financial-wellness-program) ## [Pulse Check: How Healthy Is Your Workplace Financial Wellness Program?](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/financial-wellness-program) Posted by [Tim Snell](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/tim-snell) on 9/18/18, 12:38 PM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/financial-wellness-program#comments-listing) *A New Study Suggests that CEO’s and Business Owners Can’t Answer that Question* [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/financial-wellness-program) [![cartoon-boss.jpg](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/shutterstock_1043420491-1100x629.jpg)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/what-kind-of-boss) ## [What Kind of Boss Are You?](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/what-kind-of-boss) Posted by [Kurt Rakos](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/kurt-rakos) on 9/11/18, 3:56 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/what-kind-of-boss#comments-listing) ## ***6 Questions to Identify Your Leadership Style*** When you’re hiring, you invest all kinds of energy in determining exactly what kind of candidate will make the best hire. *How much experience is required?  How important is education?* But let’s be honest, those are the easy questions. Defining the skill set and work style of the perfect hire can be very challenging. [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/what-kind-of-boss) [![shutterstock\_461317327-300x200-2](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/shutterstock_461317327-300x200-2.jpg)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/your-employee-recognition-program-is-you) ## [Your Employee Recognition Program is… You](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/your-employee-recognition-program-is-you) Posted by [Tony Fornetti](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/tony-fornetti) on 9/8/18, 4:13 PM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/your-employee-recognition-program-is-you#comments-listing) ***5 Everyday Things You Can Do Now to Make Your Employees Feel Appreciated*** [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/your-employee-recognition-program-is-you) [![programer writing code image](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/Stock%20images/Back%20view%20of%20modern%20programmer%20sitting%20and%20writing%20code%20in%20dark%20room.jpeg)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/it-turnover-the-new-normal-3-ways-to-keep-your-it-professionals-happy) ## [IT Turnover: The New Normal - 3 Ways to Keep Your IT Professionals Happy](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/it-turnover-the-new-normal-3-ways-to-keep-your-it-professionals-happy) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 7/13/17, 3:58 PM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/it-turnover-the-new-normal-3-ways-to-keep-your-it-professionals-happy#comments-listing) I follow two studies that explore turnover in the IT world.  The [Tech Career Outlook](https://community.spiceworks.com/research/tech-career-outlook) report by Spiceworks, asks IT professionals how they feel about their jobs, workplace satisfaction, salaries and future prospects.  The second, the Tech [Leavers Study](http://www.kaporcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/KAPOR_Tech-Leavers-17-0428.pdf), conducted by the Kapor Center for Social Impact and supported by the Ford Foundation, begins with this provocative headline:  “Unfairness-based turnover in tech is a $16B a year problem.” [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/it-turnover-the-new-normal-3-ways-to-keep-your-it-professionals-happy) ## [Reducing Employee Turnover Is The Key To Your Hiring Success](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/reducing-employee-turnover-is-the-key-to-your-hiring-success) Posted by [Kurt Rakos](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/kurt-rakos) on 8/20/15, 1:41 PM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/reducing-employee-turnover-is-the-key-to-your-hiring-success#comments-listing) Two of Minnesota’s cities were named by ZipRecruiter as top ten job markets at the beginning of 2015, namely Rochester (4th) and Minneapolis (10th). Out of the big cities (population in excess of one million), Minneapolis was ranked top, ahead of Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City and Columbus. [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/reducing-employee-turnover-is-the-key-to-your-hiring-success) ## [How to Create A Happy Workforce](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/how-to-create-a-happy-workforce) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 3/13/14, 11:44 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/how-to-create-a-happy-workforce#comments-listing) ![Happy Workforce](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/happy-workforce-2.jpg)We were recently surprised and honored to learn that SkyWater will be the recipient of a second award as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Minnesota. 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