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Ideas for Coping with Brain Drain in the Public Sector

November 1, 2013 /

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Facing a wave of retirements, governments are looking for new ways to build up the expertise and knowledge of people coming up in the organization.

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by Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene

Full Story: http://www.governing.com/columns/smart-mgmt/gov-ideas-for-brain-drain.html