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Recruiting for

Retention

I’m not hiring for where I am; I’m hiring for where I’ll be.
—Fred Bramante Jr.,
CEO, Daddy’s Junky Music, Inc
We don’t start out with the assumption that our company
is for everybody.
—William G. McGowan
Former chairman and founder,
MCI Communications Corp.

o far, we’ve envisioned what our retention strategy will
Sachieve, we’ve set realistic goals for our retention activities,
and we’ve identified the major elements of our retention strate-
gy. Now it’s time to start implementing our strategy.
Where will you start implementing your retention strategy?
Well, the best place to start is the point at which you first inter-
act with potential employees—the recruiting process.
Do you remember the five-phase golf swing analogy out-
lined in Chapter 2?

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