Attracting and Retaining Great Talent

Ask almost any state and territorial archivist today what their number one challenge is, and they’ll tell you it is chronic funding reductions and the resultant loss of staffing. State government can be a tough place to nurture and grow professional staff, much less maintain a workforce these days. Wracked by budget cuts and wage/hiring freezes, shrinking benefits packages, and restrictions that can limit access to professional development opportunities, is it any wonder that state agencies generally find it a challenge to attract and retain great talent?