The Bureau of Labor Statistics
recently published its Occupational Outlook for 2018 (the next 10 years) and it is well worth reading. This data, coupled with a number of meetings I”ve had recently with HR and L&D executives, clearly tells me that we are about to re-enter a new “war for talent.”
This phrase has been thrown around for years, so many of us have become somewhat…
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Enter your password to view comments so far )Here we are entering the worst recession in more than 30 years, reading about layoffs, downsizing, and restructuring in almost every industry. So why would I start our 2009 research with a discussion about the need to focus on recruiting? Well, contrary to what many may believe, even in times of job reductions recruiting must take a top priority. Let me give you five good reasons: 
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One of the important things senior business and HR leaders must consider is the availability of labor – that is not just “people” but “the right people.” Right now, with a 6.1% unemployment rate, the US labor market has undergone some major changes…. and such changes in the availability of work directly affect the skills and capabilities of people. For example, when I graduated from college in 1978, there was a dearth of engineers…
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )I recently completed a meeting with 200 of the top HR executives at MetLife, one of the most successful and sustainable global insurance companies. MetLife’s Vice-President of People, Deb Capolarello, is developing an integrated talent management strategy to help the organization integrate all its well-established HR processes into business solutions.
One of the problems MetLife faces, a problem similar to most older global companies, is the rapid change in workforce demographics. To…
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )This year’s shootout focused on the powerful integration (but not well understood or adopted) between performance management and recruiting including the coveted, and often elusive measure of “quality of hire. Four leading talent management suite vendors were included; Authoria, HRsmart, SuccessFactors, and Vurv had 75 minutes to demonstrate how their products support meaningful integration using the same three scenarios. Our principal analyst in Talent Management Systems, Leighanne Levensaler had…
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Top 22 Business Processes which Drive Business Impact
In 2007 we conducted one of the largest-ever studies of corporate talent management: we interviewed and surveyed more than 750 corporations to gain an understanding of their business problems, their talent challenges, and their levels of maturity and sophistication in 62 different talent management processes.
This research was designed to do three things: first, gain a clear understanding of how corporate talent management is defined; second…
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Talent Management” has become one of the most important buzzwords in Corporate HR and Training today. In this article we will explain the history, principles, and processes of talent management and help readers understand our research agenda in this important area.
From Personnel to Strategic HR to Talent Management
To understand why Talent Management has become so important, we must first look at the evolution of corporate HR:
Stage 1: Personnel Department:
In…
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Josh Bersin is President and CEO of Bersin & Associates, a leading research and advisory services firm in enterprise learning and talent management.
