PRIORITY ON RECRUITMENT , RETENTION
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A Warehousing Education and Research Council member recently shared : “ For us , 2018 was the first we really struggled with finding help . Retaining has always been a problem due to the environment they work in and the pay rate in general . However , we are now seeing the effects of baby boomers retiring , and we ’ re struggling with the skills of employees that will replace the baby boomers in important positions .”
PRIORITY ON RECRUITMENT , RETENTION
For Jason Minghini , president , FW Warehousing , the current strategic focus is in the recruitment of talent . “ Our customer requirements continue to expand and we need a higher level of talent in place to support our customer expectations .”
Meanwhile at Murphy Logistics , president / CEO Richard Murphy , Jr ., states : “ Recruitment of talent and retention are equally important and we ’ re focusing on both .”
“ In my opinion , it ’ s the combination
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