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How to Win Back Employees Who Quit During the Pandemic

Scores of people who quit their jobs during the pandemic are open to giving their former employers a second chance. But winning these workers back requires a bit of extra effort.
Rehiring a former employee can save a company thousands of dollars compared with hiring a new job candidate.
Rehiring a former employee can save a company thousands of dollars compared with hiring a new job candidate. (Shutterstock)

Fashion firms struggling to fill roles amid the ongoing labour shortage are turning to a new pool of applicants: scores of pandemic-era job quitters who want their old gigs back.

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Sheena Butler-Young
Sheena Butler-Young

Sheena Butler-Young is Senior Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers workplace, talent and issues surrounding diversity and inclusion.

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