The Way We Attract And Retain Talent is Wrong
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How we attract and retain talent is wrong.

Traditionally, we convince people to work for us by telling stories about our organization and our employee engagement programs.

But the problem is, we treat employee engagement like adrenaline shots. We try to distract employees from what it's actually like to work at our organizations by giving them perks and shiny things we keep throwing in their faces.

Now, there are a few organizations that have figured out how to attract and retain the best talent.

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