Chamber targets new-hire stickiness

BONITA SPRINGS — The Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce has launched a program to help employers find jobs for the partners of newly hired employees.

Companies in the region say finding a job for a spouse or partner can help retain newly hired employees. The chamber's Relocating Partner Assistance Program will assist employers having difficulty assisting their newly relocated employees' partners with job placement in the Lee and Collier County areas.

“We are launching this program to provide additional support to relocating families and their employers to encourage new-hire stickiness,” says Christine Ross, president and CEO of the chamber, in a statement.

The program will rely on business owners and executives and their human resource departments to review and share the resumes of newly relocated individuals who are part of a job-placement package. The program aims to create a portfolio of willing advocates who are focused on settling the families of relocating employees to support overall workforce retention.

“Low employee retention directly equates to high employer turnover costs, which accumulate to hundreds of thousands of dollars each year,” Ross says in the statement.