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Recruiting and Retaining Young Professionals: A Viewpoint from Young Professionals in Alabama & North Carolina
Abstract
The water industry is currently facing its biggest challenge to date, yet it has nothing to do with water: An existing work force is getting older every year due to a declining incoming work force. So, how does an employer not only recruit, but retain qualified Young Professionals (YPs)? A pilot-survey was conducted in North Carolina and Alabama to ask YPs about their experiences in being recruited in addition to how their employer has retained them. The survey was administered on a small-scale in an effort to develop a "lessons learned" in the hope of expanding to a larger, national audience in the near future.
The water industry is currently facing its biggest challenge to date, yet it has nothing to do with water: An existing work force is getting older every year due to a declining incoming work force. So, how does an employer not only recruit, but retain qualified Young Professionals (YPs)? A pilot-survey was conducted in North Carolina and Alabama to ask YPs about their experiences in being...
Author(s)
Thomas D. JohnsonJoshua P. Boltz
SourceProceedings of the Water Environment Federation
SubjectSession 90: Getting 'Em and Keeping 'Em – Best Practices in Recruitment and Retention
Document typeConference Paper
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Print publication date Oct, 2007
ISSN1938-6478
SICI1938-6478(20071001)2007:11L.7272;1-
DOI10.2175/193864707787223493
Volume / Issue2007 / 11
Content sourceWEFTEC
First / last page(s)7272 - 7281
Copyright2007
Word count120
Subject keywordsYOUNG PROFESSIONALSYPRECRUITMENTRETENTIONNORTH CAROLINAALABAMA

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