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April 8, 2006
The power of an effective exit interview
We've all been there: leaving a job whether on good terms or bad terms and you're asked to have an exit interview with an HR person more interesting in completing the paperwork than viewing the opportunity as a golden one to uncover real insight into what might be going on in an organization.
Inc. magazine recently has some great questions that every exit interview should contain:
1. If one person leaving the organization would cause you to think twice about leaving, who would that person be?
2. Who do you think is next to leave and why?
3. What could have been changed six months ago that would have kept you from leaving?
4. Why didn't you leave before now?
5. If you were put in charge of the company today, what is the first thing you would change?
All provocative questions. While the information generated in exit interviews always must be taken with a grain of salt, they are still tremendous opportunities to identify problem situations or managers before more employees leave.
Posted by Christopher at April 8, 2006 4:00 PM
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