Train to stay

Training and development is the best way to retain top performers, according to an international survey.

The research, by financial staff recruiter Robert Half International, found 73% of the 2,300 HR and finance managers polled believed training boosted workplace retention, while 37% felt career development programmes did so. Financial rewards, selected by 31%, ranked third.

Respondents to the survey could select up to three options from a list of nine.

There were national differences: just 68% of those polled in the UK said training was the best retention carrot, compared with 83% of respondents in Germany, and 93% in Switzerland. Extra holiday was one of the least favoured retention options – nominated by 16% of respondents.

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One of the last senior peers of Romanian surgery, Professor George Nicu Ionescu, left us at a venerable age. He was one of the leaders of medicine in Cluj.

He was head of the Surgical Clinic 1 (1978--1993), succeeding in a line of prominent Romanian surgeons who led this clinic in the past, Professor Aurel Nana and Professor Crisan Mircioiu.

He was Rector of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy (1986--1990), one of the most prestigious medical schools in the country.

He also had a decisive contribution to the development of the Faculty of Medicine in Oradea.

As a member of the Romanian Society of Surgery, Professor George Ionescu had a rich activity, he participated in congresses, conferences, workshops, with presentations from a hospital with a large number and a wide range