Engagement isn’t something you only need to worry about during an employee’s onboarding process, says Tom Gimbel, founder and CEO of LaSalle Network, a professional staffing and recruiting firm. Instead, he says that engagement is a metric you need to track and measure throughout an employee’s career.
He says that during an employee’s first year with a company, they’re typically performing at their highest levels — they’re excited about the opportunity and constantly learning new things. It’s the “sophomore slump” stage that employers need to worry about the most. After an employee has been with the company for a year or two, “it’s lost its glamour and that excitement fades,” he says.
