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Relocating Employees are Coming and Going

Employers concerned about workforce relocation: Study

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin-Employers worldwide are concerned about losing workers to more enticing locations at a time when talent in many places is in short supply, a recent survey reveals.

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Relocating Employees can be a good or bad thing, depending if they are coming or going. If they are relocating to work for your business, then this is great stuff. But if they are leaving you to go work elsewhere, then this is a problem. Obviously, judging from this article, employers are concerned with it.

In Milwaukee, especially, which has undergone some rejuvenation, it appears there may be a problem retaining skilled and talented employees. People tend to migrate to warmer climes. This is especially true for the older but very skilled Boomer generation of workers, who would rather not be chipping ice off their cars or driving in snow. It is also true for the younger members of the work force who are seeking out new opportunity, adventure and maybe a change of scenario.

Economic downturns can bring on worker migration. This has been the case since the nation was founded, especially true during the depression and, later, during the expansion and industrialization of the Southern States. Many enterprising Yankees headed below the Mason Dixon line, and have been doing so ever since.

If you are losing workers to relocation, you may want to examine what incentives you are offering. If you are recruiting employees who are relocating to your area, then by all means you should be conducting thorough background checks. Not all employees have relocated to seek new opportunity. Some have left to escape the heat, meaning the onus of employee theft, morals or substance issues or other unsavory representations of character that you really don’t need in your work place.

There are preemployment screening packages that include criminal background checks and just about everything else you will need for a comprehensive preemployment background report. So avoid any rude awakenings; there are enough out there already. Conduct thorough background checks.

Check them out before you hire.

By Gordon Basichis

Gordon Basichis is the Co-Founder of Corra Group, specializing in pre-employment background checks and corporate research. He has been a marketing and media executive and has worked in the entertainment industry, the financial, health care and technology sectors. He is the author of the best selling Beautiful Bad Girl, The Vicki Morgan Story, a non-fiction novel that helped define exotic sexuality in the late twentieth century. He is the author of the Constant Travellers and has recently completed a new book, The Guys Who Spied for China, dealing with Chinese Espionage in the United States. He has been a journalist for several newspapers and is a screenwriter and producer.