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title: "Senior Housing Forum: Do You Want Happy, Engaged Employees Who Stay? 3 Tips for Hiring for Attitude"
description: "Senior Housing Forum: Do You Want Happy, Engaged Employees Who Stay? 3 Tips for Hiring for Attitude"
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# [Senior Housing Forum: Do You Want Happy, Engaged Employees Who Stay? 3 Tips for Hiring for Attitude](https://www.onshift.com/company/newsroom/senior-housing-forum-do-you-want-happy-engaged-employees-who-stay-3-tips-for-hiring-for-attitude)

 Written by [OnShift](https://www.onshift.com/company/newsroom/author/onshift) | Jan 3, 2016 12:00:00 AM

According to a study by a global leadership training and research company, 46% of newly hired employees will fail within 18 months on the job. Only 19% will achieve unequivocal success. The study found that of the new hires that failed only 11% did so because of a lack of the necessary technical skills. The rest of the departures were due to issues including lack of motivation and temperament.

Many of these causes are what Marti Bowman, Vice President for Marketing of[OnShift](https://www.onshift.com/), a leader in senior living human capital management software and a Senior Housing Forum partner, refers to as attitudinal reasons.

[Read Article](https://www.seniorhousingforum.net/blog/2016/1/3/do-you-want-happy-engaged-employees-who-stay-3-tips-hiring-attitude?pmc=MC&MyID=akosnik%40onshift.com)

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