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Motivate staff to retain them

Just saying ‘thank you' for a good job done could help a dairy farms retain staff, and avoid the labour problems that beset so many farms said Paul Harris, from recruitment consultancy REAL Success

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Motivate staff to retain them

Speaking in a UK Dairy Day panel session looking at the issues facing dairy farming businesses, he highlighted that many worked say they left a previous job because of the way they were treated. Motivation...

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