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A small start-up software company realizes that the technology skillsets of newly hired programmers are more advanced than the existing programmers' skillsets. Recognizing the constant business need... for these evolving, state-of-the-art skillsets, which is the best workforce development strategy to implement? A. Partner with a local community college to offer programmers the opportunity to update their skillsets. B. Offer new hires shorter-term contracts to allow for a continual hiring of programmers with the most up-to-date skills. C. Design a rigorous in-house training program to get longer-tenured programmers up to speed with the newer programmers. D. Perform a job redesign for the existing employees that will not require new, updated skills. ✔✔B. Offer new hires short-term contracts to allow for a continual hiring of programers with the most up-to-date skills. Rationale: If the skillsets of employees who have been with the company for several years become inferior to those of new hires, planning for churn by offering smaller contracts is a better strategy. Repeatedly training an entire staff with new skills that they may or may not grasp will not be costeffective to the organization, and there may not be eno [Show More]

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