To get someone to take a job, they must believe it is a good job for now and either:
- Truly believe it will be a good job for the rest of their working life
- Or believe it will not stop them from getting their next job
As no one can predict the following:
- how long a company will be trading for,in operation
- whether the company will be takenbought over and/or the work moved to another country.
- willwhether the employee will be forced to leave due to a bad boss
- if an employee will wishwishes to relocationrelocate due to ana relationship etc
Then mostMost people are sensible enough not to believe a job is for life, unless they are only planning forto work for a few more years.
Most employers expect people with up-to-date experience in the systems they are using hence thereThe bottom line is nothing you can do, so as to enable one of your employers to be very marketable, withoutthis. givingMost employers expect people with up-to-date experience in the systems they are using... hence there is nothing you can do to attract and retain candidates, without giving them some work on modemmodern systems. Therefore
Therefore you may need to take on additional projects that allow you to train all staff in modemmodern systems and give them the experience while having them spend a few months a year on the outdated"outdated" technologies.
MaybeOr maybe you can become the best employer in town for training, with everyone knowknowing that when someone has worked for you for a few years, they can get jobs with lots of other companies. YouYou can also offer term time only working;flexible contracts, free workplace childcare, part time workingwork arrangements, and the list gogoes on. So thatEssentially making you are the only employer in town that fits inwell with some peoples lifespeoples' lifestyles.
