What is an Exit Interview?
In human resource terms, an exit interview is a survey that is conducted with an employee when he or she leaves the company. The information from each exit interview is used to provide feedback on why employees are leaving, what they liked about their employment and what areas of the company need improvement. Exit interviews are most effective when the data is compiled and tracked over time. How are Exit Interviews conducted? The exit interview may be conducted through a variety of methods. Some of the methods include: in-person, over the telephone, on paper, and through the Internet such as with Nobscot’s WebExit, exit interview management system. Pros and Cons of each method of Exit Interviewing In-Person Exit Interviews With in-person exit interviews an HR representative meets individually with each terminating employee. Pros • Can provide information regarding benefits and retrieve company property during the exit interview • Gives a personal touch to each employee Can probe for mo
In human resource terms, an exit interview is a survey that is conducted with an employee when he or she leaves the company. The information from each exit interview is used to provide feedback on why employees are leaving, what they liked about their employment and what areas of the company need improvement. Exit interviews are most effective when the data is compiled and tracked over time. How are Exit Interviews conducted? The exit interview may be conducted through a variety of methods. Some of the methods include: in-person, over the telephone, on paper, and through the Internet such as with Nobscots WebExit, exit interview management system. Pros and Cons of each method of Exit Interviewing In-Person Exit Interviews With in-person exit interviews an HR representative meets individually with each terminating employee. Pros • Can provide information regarding benefits and retrieve company property during the exit interview • Gives a personal touch to each employee Can probe for mor
In human resource terms, an exit interview is a survey that is conducted with an employee when he or she leaves the company. The information from each survey is used to provide feedback on why employees are leaving, what they liked about their employment and what areas of the company need improvement. Exit interviews are most effective when the data is compiled and tracked over time.
Posted by Your Guide on October 31, 2005 11:21 AM Depending on the circumstances under which you leave a company, you may be asked to take part in an exit interview. An exit interview is an opportunity to give feedback to the company on your experience as an employee. Sometimes an exit interview will be a traditional interview while at other times you may be asked to simply fill out a questionnaire. An exit interview benefits the company because it gives it the opportunity to improve its relationships with future employees. If you are giving an exit interview, you want to give careful consideration to what questions you want to ask. Consider what questions you can ask that will best help you in preparing for future employees. Why is the employee leaving? What were positive and negative aspects of the employees experience? If your employer asks you to take part in an exit interview, it is optional, so if you feel uncomfortable for any reason, simply decline to participate. If you do dec
Exit interviews are voluntary meetings held between a member of a company’s Human Resources (HR) Department and an employee who has resigned. Although exit interviews are still a traditional practice, more and more companies in the modern era have shied away from them. The goal of the exit interview is to ask questions that would presumably help the company improve the way that they do business especially in the area of employee satisfaction. Skeptics argue that these interviews are more of a safeguard to protect companies from possible future lawsuits. In turn, if a former employee feels that the company did him wrong in some way, his remarks made during his exit interview could be used against him in court. Career experts disagree on the effectiveness of exit interviews. One of the obvious benefits is that they actually do help companies make improvements based upon honest perceptions of an employee’s personal work experience. Other experts argue that interviews performed while a per
