You just need to make sure you give them meaningful work and provide real mentoring, or they re not likely to stay in it for the long haul. Older and disabled workers can form a fertile talent pool as well. Money does matter. You can talk about flexibility, training, interesting work and all the intangibles, but at the end of the day, your workers have to pay the bills. If your compensation package lags behind the market, the good ones will leave.
People don t leave their companies, they leave their managers.
Employees stay where they re happy. Maybe they re not being given the tools to accomplish what you expect of them. Maybe there s nobody for them to go to when they run into trouble. Maybe no one s backing them in conflicts with co-workers or management. Or maybe they feel there s no opportunity for growth or advancement.