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Purpose: This study explores most recruitment methods used in attracting talented employees within the agriculture sector in Egypt and draw a broad map for agriculture companies working in Egypt concerning attraction and retention tactics for managing talented employees. Methodology: A validated and reliable questionnaire consisting of 89 questions is distributed to 287 respondents in agriculture companies all over Egypt. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and simple regression were conducted to test the research hypothesis. Findings:- The results revealed that there is no significant difference between both sectors concerning employment policies that would make an employee move to another company, employees' current employment experience, and predicting retention. However, there is a significant difference between both sectors concerning organizational characteristics that attracted an employee to his/ her current job and the level of importance of employment characteristics in general. There is a moderate significant positive relationship between organizational characteristics which attracted talented employees to their current jobs and retention of talented employees within the agriculture sector in Egypt in addition to a direct significant effect of organizational characteristics which attracted talented employees to their current jobs on retention of talented employees within the agriculture sector in Egypt.
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