Creative IT retention strategies found in new study.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-25 October 2005-Foote Partners: Creative IT retention strategies found in new study(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25102005 New Canaan, CT, USA - A new study from Foote Partners involving 164 employers reveals that employers are once again becoming creative with retention strategies for keeping critical IT talent on board in the escalating talent wars.

"New-generation professions programs have been extraordinarily effective for companies interested in a long-term retention solution. But they're especially timely given that IT workers right now are looking for career advancement and development," notes David Foote, the firm's president and chief research officer who also directed the study that involved more than 500 hours of...