Talent Management

What’s Next for Talent Acquisition in 2017?

Talent acquisition has become big business. More than $240 billion are spent annually on it in the United States. What’s behind this explosive growth? The answers are nothing…

Is It “Code Red” for Talent Management and HR?

  Talent management is in a “state of confusion.” Those were the words of Mike Haberman, a long term friend and colleague of mine. I respect Mike a lot and…

Monday Morning Huddle – Workforce Trends You Might Have Missed

Each week I receive and read dozens of articles, posts, and newsletters about workforce trends, recruiting, talent management, and pre-employment testing and screening.  I bookmark the ones I find…

Why We Need to Hire Fewer and Fewer People

With an election year approaching and unemployment still high, lots of lip service and media ink are being wasted on ways to fix the jobless recovery. What a crock of…

A cold war for talent?

If you're thinking that the current recession has tempered the urgency to recruit and retain employees, think again. Using 'but where else do they have to go…

CEOs: Finding qualified managers put on back burner

Each year, the Conference Board's CEO Challenge Survey asks hundreds of senior executives from around the world to identify and rate their most pressing concerns.  Finding qualified…

Talent: A Global Commodity

“It’s clear that talent has become a global commodity, fiercely fought over by multiple competitors,” says Mark Foster, Accenture’s group chief executive.  Corporations are experiencing…