BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Exit Interview
- a meeting between an employee and a management representative on the employee's departure from an organization. An exit interview is conducted in order to ascertain why an employee is leaving, either because of pull factors, such as better pay and conditions, or push factors, such as poor training or management. Another purpose of the exit interview is to capture information relating to the departing employee's knowledge and experience.
Additional Resources
- What is an Exit Interview ?
- In human resource terms, an exit interview is a survey that is conducted with an employee when he or she leaves the company. The information from each exit interview is used to provide feedback on why employees are leaving, what they liked about their employment and what areas of the...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- The Importance of Exit Interviews
- Exit interviews are a great resource for employers to find out what is going right and wrong with their company. However, employees will most likely feel intimidated in an exit interview, so it's important to give the reasons for it. The article gives few tips on what to do and...
- White papers 2001-11-30
- Exit Interviews
- The article discusses that an exit interview is a conversation between at least one company representative, often the HR manager, and the departing employee to discuss why the employee is leaving. A good exit interview provides the company with valuable information that can give it a competitive edge in recruiting...
- White papers 2000-01-07
- Are You Making The Most Of Exit Interviews?
- From the executive summary: ‘An exit interview is a meeting with a departing employee in which you find out her reasons for leaving as well as her attitudes and observations about the organization. Exit interviews can be one of the best tools for identifying potential problems in an organization, covering...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Automate The Exit Interview Process With Word, Excel, Or Access
- When you conduct an exit interview, what you really want to know is why the employee is leaving your company. Then you need to get that information to management so that the appropriate changes can be made before more good employees walk out the door. When the door closes after...
- White papers
- The Advantages Of Exit Interviews
- From the executive summary: ‘Organizations readily commit time and resources to employment interviews, recognizing that these interviews form the foundation of an employee-employer relationship. The link is logical; the return on investment immediate. The value of interviewing departing employees, on the other hand, is less apparent, and, thus, exit interviews...
- White papers 2003-09-01
- The Effects of Direct and Indirect Foreign Venture Capital Ties on Exit Market Selection and Exit Modes
- This paper examines cross-border M&A and foreign IPOs as exit routes for venture capitalists. Although an M&A or IPO may be driven by the venture capitalist's interest to exit from an investment, the selection and functioning of exit market has consequences also on the venture. Increased exit opportunities increase the...
- White papers 2005-10-23
- Exit Interviews: Constructive Feedback, Smoother Transitions
- HR professionals generally recognize that exit interviews-whether conducted in a voluntary or involuntary termination situation-can generate a wealth of useful information about an organization’s working environment. The interviews also help tie up loose ends with departing employees. Information they obtain from employees during exit interviews can provide you with significant...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Interview Checklist
- You just scheduled an interview. Congratulations! All your hard work putting the finishing touches on your résumé, networking and job searching has finally paid off. An interview is meant to be a fact-finding mission for both the interviewer and the interviewee. This paper explains interview tips and you're sure to...
- White papers 2007-09-24
- The Exit Structure of Strategic Alliances
- Today, many biotechnology firms are using strategic alliances to contract with other companies. In this paper, the author contends that the governance structure of these alliances - specifically, the "Contractual board" - provides an integrated restraint on opportunism. While an alliance agreement's exit structure could provide a check on opportunism...
- White papers 2005-06-21
- Employee Exit Interview
- This template includes 15 questions that should be asked of every employee who voluntarily leaves your organization.
- Tools & templates 2005-09-15
- Exit Strategies
- Exit strategy refers to how one see the project after some period of time and whether one can exit successfully with a significant profit. This may be to sell the business or interest in the business at a certain time. The strategy may also be to position oneself so that...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Health Plan Entry and Exit in the Medicare Managed Care Market
- The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 radically changed the payment formulas and regulations of Medicare managed care plans, resulting in dramatic swings of entry and exit. The paper uses semi-reduced form, sequential estimators to decompose health plan decisions into three parts: exit from the commercial market, entry and exit from...
- White papers 2002-11-01
- Building Business Value Now for Successful Exit Later
- "Managing a growing and thriving business can require 60-hour weeks. The day to day events can consume even the best-organized CEOs. As a result, the establishment of an exit strategy is often postponed. Business owners inherently believe there is plenty of time later to firm up an exit strategy. ...
- White papers 2002-02-25
- These Interview Bloopers Could Cost You The Job
- Interview is the process of selling oneself to the prospective employer. In an interview, the interviewer closely scrutinizes the candidate for each subtle mistake and misplaced body language. It is essential for the candidate to be calm and composed during the interview. Lack of preparation and bad dress sense could...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Export Market Exit And Performance Dynamics: A Causality Analysis Of Matched Firms
- As a result of the rapid growth of microeconometric studies of exporting firms, we now know quite a lot about the performance dynamics of firms that enter export markets. We know much less about what happens to performance when firms exit. We find that, on average, exit from foreign markets...
- White papers 2003-02-07
- Answers To The Seven Toughest Interview Questions
- There you sit, waiting to be ushered into your interview. Your suit is pressed, your shoes are shined and your resume is top notch. But, as the minutes tick past, you feel a mounting sense of doom as you anticipate the questions that will cause a deafening silence during the...
- White papers 2007-09-24
- Live Or Let Die?: Alternative Routes To Industry Exit
- Each year around 8 per cent of Swedish manufacturing firms leave an industry. Of the exit routes available, the least likely is firm closure. Firms are more likely to merge, become acquired or switch to a new industry. We investigate the importance of various firm and industry characteristics for the...
- White papers 2007-02-12
- Exit Interview Form
- You should attempt to use this form with every employee who leaves your company, whether he or she is leaving voluntarily or not. You might be surprised at how much knowledge you can gain from departing employees. This also acts as a last-step, lawsuit prevention device.
- White papers 2000-12-12
- A Look at Exit Strategies
- Money management is one of the most important and least understood aspects of trading. Many traders, for instance, enter a trade without any kind of exit strategy and are therefore more likely to take premature profits or, worse, run losses. Traders need to understand what exits are available to them...
- White papers 2004-09-29
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