Insights on Corporate Talent, Learning, and HR Technology
In all my years as a working professional, I’ve never lived in an economy where “there are not enough workers.” But that’s where we are.
For the next ten years, the term “shortage of talent” is going to be one of the most important topics in business.
Consider a few striking statistics:
Our soon to be published TalentWatch® research for Q4 2010 shows a tremendous growth in hiring going on: in mid 2010 32% of organizations cited talent shortages as critical to growth; this month that number jumped to 51%, and increase of almost 50%. In the same survey we asked employers to tell us how ... Read more»
Despite the uptick in business optimism from our mid-year TalentWatch® report, the US economy continues to be slow. This month we learned that there are 14.5 million Americans looking for work and 1.4 million of them have been out of work for more than two years. And the Labor Department just revised last year’s ... Read more»
