One of the best things you can do as a manager is to keep your employees happy so you can keep your employees. It's easer and cheaper to keep an employee than it is to have to find, hire, and train a new one. For some specific tips on how to do that, read Employee Retention Tips.

Yesterday we looked at the best way to handle Onboarding to get your new employees up to full productivity as quickly as possible. But what about the employee? What can we as employees do to make sure the onboarding process goes as smoothly as possible?

The Beth Braccio Hering article forCareerBuilder, How to make a good impression on a new boss is well worth the time to read it.

Your onboarding process is key to getting new employees up to speed and at maximum productivity as quickly as possible. Do you know the best way to onboard new employees? Do you know the pitfalls to avoid? Read Onboarding: Start Right For Maximium Employee Performance to make sure you handle this key task well.

One challenge managers face is how to keep their top employees. It's a lot easier to keep them happy and productive than it is to find, hire, and train their replacement.

We see signs finally that the economy is turning around. Those of you who have been taking advantage of your employees just because the market was down are going to be in trouble. Your best people are looking and they will find other jobs.

You can read the warning signs in Are Your Top People Ready To Leave You? The article also suggests employee satisfaction and retention strategies you can adopt if it's not too late already.

The economy is improving. The job market is starting to improve too. Move quickly and you may be able to avoid losing too many of your top people to your competitors.