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Well into 2022, the so-called "Great Resignation" rages on, as boardroom leaders across the country wring their hands over a seemingly never-ending throng of talent departing for greener pastures.

In the last month of 2021, a staggering 4.4 million Americans left their jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure was just a few thousand below the month before, when an all-time record-setting 4.5 million people quit their jobs.

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