Word: retainers
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...fight the adf can't afford to lose. At the request of Prime Minister John Howard, a team of experts, including Generation Y author Peter Sheahan, is looking at ways to recruit and retain more skilled people; their report is due in May. Meanwhile, Brigadier Simon Gould is attacking the problem like the infantry commander he once was. Now the adf's chief of recruiting, he oversees a marketing campaign that targets the 1 in 4 young Australians favorably disposed to the military and highlights the "230 different jobs" recruits can choose from. "It's like the World...
...loyalty and productivity, and the bridge period can be used to transfer a veteran employee's knowledge and skills to the next generation. Quest Diagnostics, Cendant Group, New York Life and Verizon were among 11 corporations that recently teamed with the AARP to figure out how to hire and retain over-50 workers. Eli Lilly, Procter & Gamble and Boeing partner with YourEncore, a placement company for retirees seeking project work. CVS/ pharmacy, Home Depot and Borders have "snowbird" programs to allow older workers to migrate south in winter, jobs...
...fast-changing technology and business pressures. Many also believe older workers strain payroll and benefits packages, although a recent AARP/Towers Perrin study showed that keeping older workers costs employers just 1% to 3% more than the cost of replacing them. Half of employers make no attempt at all to retain older workers--even those who are key to the business, according to the Society for Human Resource Management...
...achieve superior results with far lower compensation? Surely, Swenson could earn far more money if he left Yale. Similarly, Larry Summers could earn far more money if he left Harvard for the private sector, but Harvard does not, and should not, pay him tens of millions of dollars to retain his services...
...penalized for its outstanding run through the league or for the fact that the league has been extremely weak over the past two seasons. But inherently the Quakers have been. When the last game that matters occurs a full month before the next, it’s hard to retain that edge no matter how hard you try.The folks around the league that have experienced more than just one era of Ivy basketball will point to the early to mid 1990s, when winning the league by three to five games was the norm. From 1991 to 1998, the league champion...