seem like a 3 wees (O $ workers quitting : any p Bes °, though, is employers’ es’. BEM’s Jonathan Sidor examines these corporate ghosts. Don’t gets, ki imployers know all about the » of Gen Yand Gen Z workers. The newest ®: youn employees “\ °° their bosses and simply not o when they want t0 resign, What lies» to exorcise th tu; egzoreyzmowat cof, odprawiae segroreyzmy nad cays * resignation notice ypowiedzenia, wyménienie | ‘common courtesy ‘elementarna | wezcwoké, zwykta prayzwoltose “troubling ‘vi apokojacy * ae in X ue 9 warostX, werot w X “without prior warning ber uprecézenia to send shivers down sh's spine rayprawie kogos o dreszexe * spooked sk wystraszony (pot) * peril oso grb, zagrozenie “dilemma spor anlkag, rozpraszaé slg "= eo twaak th fw siren dastosowae cof, (troche) zmieni ‘140 work wonders {9 Wok man uda samba sdalalae 32 of tools at their cisposal™ to discourage candidates or employees from cissipat ing™ into the night. Tweaking™ your on: boarding process, for example, can work wonders, Starting onboarding earlier and extencing™ it beyond the first cou- ple months of employment can forge an ‘emotional boc that keeps an employee in place. 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After an ‘employee's first year, superiors should still, initiate conversations with a suborsinate™ to show the company is stil invested in the team member's success In addition, certain companies have 2 tered their recruitment processes to 2c commodate* the ghosting phenomenon. Group job interviews are a popular option nowadays. Booking one-on-one job in- terviews and getting ghosted could vireak havoc™ on an organization, If one candi- date ghosts a group interview, however, much fewer resources are wasted and the interview can more or Tess procees™ as planned. Beginning with a larger pool of candidates and progressively whittling the number down" ean minimize costly One final tactic a number of firms have eployed* against ghosting was borrowed directly from the airline industy. 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On the contrary, Doosting® worker retention and system- tically oiplino™ the recruitment process. D Phenomenal Phrasal Verbs ‘Match the following phrasal verbs from the text with the correct definition. 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