Join the Premier Community for Retention Strategists

Employee retention is one of the most critical challenges facing HR professionals today, with turnover costs averaging 33% of an employee's annual salary. Whether you're conducting stay interviews, analyzing exit data, or building ROI models for retention programs, having a peer network of experienced strategists is invaluable.

This Retention Strategist Community Application template is designed for HR professionals, People Ops leaders, and talent retention specialists who want to create an exclusive, high-quality Slack community. The form carefully vets applicants based on their hands-on experience with retention methodologies, ensuring every member can contribute meaningful insights and learn from peers facing similar challenges.

Why Paperform for Community Applications?

Paperform makes it easy to build professional, branded application forms that filter for quality while providing a welcoming experience. With conditional logic, you can ask follow-up questions based on experience level, automatically route applications to reviewers, and create different approval workflows for various member types.

After an applicant submits, you can use Stepper to automate your review process—notify your community managers in Slack, add qualified candidates to a CRM or Airtable base, schedule welcome emails, and even trigger calendar invites for onboarding calls. This keeps your community management seamless as you scale.

The form includes questions about stay interview experience, exit data analysis capabilities, turnover cost modeling, and retention program ROI measurement—the core competencies that make this community valuable. Optional fields capture LinkedIn profiles and professional backgrounds to help members connect, while the clean, professional design reflects the caliber of your community.

Whether you're building a community for retention strategists, HR tech professionals, or any specialized professional group, Paperform gives you the flexibility to create exactly the application experience you want, with the automation to manage it efficiently.