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ls industry ready to break the cycle?Executives say firms rnust focus more on employee retentionTFG CI{l\4ICAIJ BUSINESS AI\XAYS FLAS BEEN CYCUC{Iand, with the cycles, came periods of fuing and hiring.Norv, as chenricai engineers find opportunities in lvider ar-eas (see C?, October, p. 18), that dynamic thankfully mayhe chanqins- - *..b_^_b'For instance, at rrid-fanuary's teleconference ofChemical Processing's Editorial Board, one member not-ed that he's heard that lots of companies are now tryingto lure back engineers that once had ra'orked for them.That certainly makes sense because alumni already knowthe culture and have track records. Some firms are evenlobbying engineering stddents to switch majors to chenri-cal engineering, added another board mernber. Rest as-sured these comments didn't come from people prone toPolJyanna-ish pronouncemenrs,

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