Top reasons employees quit in the first year

Editor's Note

Recent research by Korn Ferry, a global consulting firm, looks at why employees quit their jobs within 12 months.

Among the findings:

• Feeling out of sync, or uncomfortable, with the company’s culture or purpose
• Lack of understanding of the purpose and value of their role
• Lack of friendly or helpful coworkers
• Lack of attention from managers.

Korn Ferry offers three steps that leaders can take to impact attrition rates:

• attract more of the right kind of candidates to apply or self-select out through an engaging employee value proposition and accurate picture of the job
• identify applicants with a good cultural fit and the right skills
• focus on quality onboarding.