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Article: Holding on tight to talent: staff development as a staff retention tool.(professionalissues)
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- California CPA
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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Keeping and motivating employees to achieve professional success--and add to the business' bottom line--has long been a key concern for corporate America and one that for the past several years has taken center stage for the CPA profession.
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A 2007 Robert Half survey found that 58 percent of respondents worldwide and 73 percent of respondents in the United States expressed concern about losing their top performers to other job opportunities, up from 43 percent and 46 percent, respectively in 2006.
Following the struggles CPA firms have had over the past several years to fill key positions, firms of all sizes are developing ...