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Introduction

Merit System Principles

Position Descriptions

Advertising Positions

Qualification Requirements

Hiring Students

Reducing Recruitment Time

Using Ads

Recruitment Outreach

Mailing Vacancies

Marketing Employment Opportunities

Promoting ARS

Campus Visits/Career Fairs

Career Service Offices

Working CERTS

Interviewing Candidates

Employee Benefits

Recruitment Incentives

Employee Orientation

Employee Performance

Exiting Employees

What's Hot

Talking to your Exiting Employee

Just as it is important for you, the supervisor, to solicit and receive feedback from your employees while they are working with you, it is also important for you to solicit and receive feedback from employees as they depart from your organization. Employees who leave are sources of valuable information. Exit interviews are a good way for the employee to voice complaints, offer constructive criticism, or simply describe why he or she is heading elsewhere. The real value of the exit interview, however, is most clearly for you. Believe it or not, the information you receive from the exiting employee can assist you in gaining and retaining other employees in the future.

A properly done exit interview can provide you with the opportunity to:

  • Identify where improvements can be made
  • Obtain feedback about your management skills
  • Obtain information about how effectively your organization operates
  • Obtain feedback about employees' opinions and attitudes about the Agency
  • Learn of potential changes in policies and practices that may make the Agency more competitive (compensation and benefits packages, flexible work arrangements, etc.)
  • Discuss and clarify the reasons for the employee leaving

Additional resource

REE Policy and Procedure, Employee Exit Clearance Procedures, P&P 426.1


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Last Updated: February 3, 2003