{"id":362,"date":"2015-07-31T18:07:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T12:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sishrsolutions.com\/is-a-candidates-commute-too-long-to-hire-them-4-red-flags\/"},"modified":"2015-07-31T18:07:24","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T12:37:24","slug":"is-a-candidates-commute-too-long-to-hire-them-4-red-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sishrsolutions.com\/index.php\/hrmorning\/is-a-candidates-commute-too-long-to-hire-them-4-red-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a candidate\u2019s commute too long to hire them? 4 red flags"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><div><p>You probably know that hiring a worker with a long commute can be a risk &mdash; but you may not realize just how badly a commute can impact retention.&nbsp;<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to research by Evolv, an employee engagement software developer, workers with commutes longer than 30 minutes were 92% more likely to jump ship.<\/p>\n<h2>Factors you must weigh<\/h2>\n<p>But of course, you don&rsquo;t want to rule out a good candidate just because he or she has a long commute.<\/p>\n<p>To help you in the decision-making process, Dr. John Sullivan an HR and talent management consultant, in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eremedia.com\/tlnt\/how-commute-issues-can-dramatically-impact-employee-retention\/\" target=\"_blank\">an article he penned for <em>TLNT.com<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, noted steps employers should take to evaluate if a commute should factor into a decision to hire a person:<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong>Identify positions affected by long commutes.<\/strong> Perform an analysis to find out which of your positions have been most impacted by long commutes. Example: Workers in lower-paid positions are more likely to be affected by long commutes than higher-paid employees.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Look at the commute, not the distance.<\/strong> More factors need to be considered in a commute than just how far away a worker lives. You&rsquo;ll also want to consider traffic and total commute time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Schedule interviews during rush hour and ask about the drive.<\/strong> This gives employers and applicants an idea of what the day-to-day commute would be like and how stressful it may be.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Look into flexible work options.<\/strong> Giving workers flex scheduling, subsidized transit or telecommuting options can reduce the effect of a long commute. What can you offer?<\/li>\n<\/ul><span><\/span><\/div><p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You probably know that hiring a worker with a long commute can be a risk &mdash; but you may not realize just how badly a commute can impact retention.&nbsp; According&nbsp;[&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hrmorning","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sishrsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sishrsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sishrsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sishrsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sishrsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sishrsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sishrsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sishrsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sishrsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}