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title: "Stop Trying To Find Great Employees, Let Great Employees Find You"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/d7b47dea-b35c-4449-8642-c3c86dfb8385
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/stop_trying_to_find_great_employees_let_great_employees_find_you.html
author: "John DiJulius"
category: "General"
topics: ["Operations"]
published: 2021-10-18T11:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:11:48.769Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/6316_plate.jpg
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# Stop Trying To Find Great Employees, Let Great Employees Find You

**TL;DR:** A record-setting 1 million job openings in the U.S. and 5 million workers quit in Q2 of this year, leading to a professional awakening among employees. Companies should focus on building a great culture to attract and retain top talent instead of trying to hire quickly.

*By John DiJulius, originally published in Franchising.com on 2021-10-18. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/stop_trying_to_find_great_employees_let_great_employees_find_you.html).*

## Story

The statistics are alarming: A record-setting 1 million job openings in the U.S. 5 million workers quit just in Q2 of this year 41% of the global workforce would consider leaving their current employer within the next year 54% Gen Z’s are considering quitting A Professional Awakening For so many, the pandemic has been like people who survived a near-death experience.

It has caused employees to reevaluate their professional careers, not only what they want, but also what they aren’t willing to tolerate anymore. This professional awakening has caught a lot of leaders and companies flat-footed. However, too many leaders are using The Great Resignation Era as a crutch.

A significant percentage of people who have quit over the last 15 months is a result of poor company culture, where leaders are solely focused on productivity and bottom-line profits. I have seen first-hand, companies with the strongest company culture, long before the pandemic, are significantly less affected by the so-called labor shortage. And the organizations that churned and burned their team members, where a great workplace culture was only lip service, are the ones being hit the hardest by the employee turnover.

The Biggest Mistake Companies are Making Right Now *You can’t hire your way out of a bad culture.* Too many companies are trying to solve this staff shortage issue by hiring people as fast as they can just to fill positions and keeping employees with bad attitudes. Both are huge mistakes.

“A” players hate working with “B & C” players. Unengaged employees are like squatters taking up space and sucking the energy out of your organization. The #1 priority for businesses today needs to be focusing on keeping their top talent by improving their internal culture.

Stop trying to find great employees, instead focus on becoming the type of business great employees find. 10 Ways to Build the Culture Employees Will Love Love your employees and show it Do not compromise who you hire or keep Prioritize employees’ mental health Measure employee engagement (surveys) quarterly Improve the quality of your employees’ lives Stop policing them from screwing up and start inspiring them to reach their fullest potential If your team is virtual, increase your one-on-one meetings Constantly share vision, direction, and sense of purpose Demonstrate you genuinely care for your employees Systemize leaders catching employees doing something right *Days of lighting fires under people are over. Days of lighting fires inside people are here.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- General (sector)
- United States (location)
- Gen Z (person)
- company culture (topic)
- employee retention (topic)
- John DiJulius (person)
- labor shortage (topic)
- great resignation (topic)

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Originally reported by John DiJulius, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/stop_trying_to_find_great_employees_let_great_employees_find_you.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/d7b47dea-b35c-4449-8642-c3c86dfb8385).