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We Want You
What Westchester’s Best Employers Are Doing to Support Recruitment and Retention
BY STACEY PFEFFER
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14 2023 SKILLS
What’s Hot. What’s Next. What’s Needed.
If you think companies in New York City are the only ones offering attractive perks for job seekers, it’s time to reconsider jobs closer to home. For Westchester residents on the hunt for a new career, there are plenty of employers in growth sectors like construction and manufacturing that offer benefits such as career training, team-bonding activities, and even
childcare support.
It’s no secret that recruiting and retaining talent remains a top challenge for
companies. In fact, according to a State of the Workplace Study released this January by the Society for Human Resource Management, the world’s largest HR professional society, 84% of employers ranked a labor shortage as the top challenge they were currently facing.
So once they’ve found the right candidate, companies have to maintain a competitive edge by keeping up employee morale and retaining their workforce. That’s why three top Westchester-based employers offer a wide array of benefits to ensure that talented employees first join and then thrive at their companies.
