dicated that &quot;there are
        more job vacancies, it is taking longer to fill them,
        there are fewer candidates, and in some cases it is
        difficult to find qualified candidates.&quot; He also
        showed a slide listing the factors cited by about 350
        people in a Fall 1999 survey asking why they joined
        Stanford, stayed at Stanford, and left Stanford. </font></p>
        <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Moving beyond the data
        to ask &quot;What lies ahead?&quot; 