Employee No Show

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EMPLOYEE NO SHOW

Employee no –show is the practice of accepting employment offers and not coming on board on the appoint day, with of course, no advance intimation.

Eight   Commandments to combat employee no-show malaise

1, Thou shall not negotiate with any candidate who has accepted another offer .

2, Thou shall insist on a proper relieving letter.

3, Thou shall not hire people with less than six months at current job without valid reason.

4, Capturing reasons for leaving in the reliving letter

5, Underscore obligation to live up to ethical standards in the offer letter.

6, Send communication signaling disapproval to no-show candidate (they are hopping this can make employment pause when contemplating a no-show the next time)

7, Don’t consider no-shows for future employment within the same organisation and

8, Share no-show data on mutually acceptable mechanisms with a peer set of companies.

Source: HR Concepts

Compiled and Edited by

Mr. S. Murugesan - Lecturer

Dr. P. N. Narayana Raja - Principal

Madurai Institute of Social Sciences

(Run by: DVR Foundation for HRD)

Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India