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Highly experienced foreign nationals get tax relief in Sweden.

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• Global employers face disengaged workforce

Are companies failing to motivate their best employees and reward them? Or are top performers simply ready to move on?

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Many job seekers don't stop to consider that the problem might not be employers – but themselves.

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Google still the world's most attractive employer – but faces growing competition from the big accountant companies.

• Sweden front-runner in ‘War of Talent’
• Highlights from "The World's Most Attractive Employers 2010":

Sweden attracts foreign top level executives with economic stability and career opportunities in high-tech industries.

• Tips for finding a job through social media

It's a nice idea: getting a new job, or at least a lead, from the comfort of your own home by using Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. In reality, it's not as simple as it seems.

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