Exceptional Talent
How to Attract, Acquire and Retain the Very Best Employees
by Mervyn Dinnen
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appears in Hiring Recruiting.
Attracting, hiring, developing and retaining the right people is crucial to an organization's success. The stakes have never been higher: a 2015 study by CAP suggests that the average cost of employee attrition is 20% of a midlevel employee's annual salary and up to 213% of a highlevel executive's salary. In a business environment changing so rap...
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