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18-25 year olds

Recruiting young people can be a very time-consuming and expensive activity.  Why not focus on young people who have had a meaningful gap year and have greatly enhanced their skills and knowledge eg languages, team work, international awareness.  Contact gapadvice.org for more information, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Career breaks

Recruiting and retaining good staff can be assisted by an enlightened attitude towards career breaks and sabbaticals.  Almost 1 in 5 British workers are planning an extended break from their careers and 1 in 4 employees work for companies where sabbaticals are a condition of service. (See Studies into Gap Years.)  Contact gapadvice.org for more information, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

In retirement 

As your staff are nearing retirement, one way to make the process less stressful is to encourage a pre-retirement gap, which can bridge the gap between work and retirement.