Gardens for All Supply Company : older workers as a tactical advantage for business / Donna Austin-Hawley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austin-Hawley, Donna, author.

Series:

SAGE knowledge. Cases.

SAGE Knowledge. Cases.

SAGE knowledge. Cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Employment--Case studies.

Older people.

Employee retention--Case studies.

Employee retention.

Age and employment--Case studies.

Age and employment.

Older people--Employment.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

[London] : SAGE, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Gardens for All Supply Company (GASC) focuses on providing environmentally friendly supplies and basic tools needed to be a successful gardener. GASC started with four full-time employees and gradually grew to 57 full-time and 33 part-time employees. By the end of 2012, it had 90 employees, the average age of which was 47. GASC's hiring and training had been successfully accomplished informally by the four co-owners and through family and friends, all of whom had some knowledge of and commitment to gardening. Turnover was well below 10 percent. By the end of 2013, GASC had added 17 employees, including 14 in customer service and three in the warehouse. The company focuses its recruitment efforts at local colleges and career fairs.

Notes:

Originally Published in: Austin-Hawley, D. (2014). Gardens for All Supply Company: Older workers as a tactical advantage for business. Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management.

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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 5, 2016).

ISBN:

9781473957220

OCLC:

1017711764

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.