Monday, December 20, 2010

Talent Shortage is Real

Wolters Kluwer Employment and Law Business Notice today carried the following notice:

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Companies worldwide view talent as biggest obstacle to future growth, Towers Watson finds

As companies worldwide begin to position themselves for future growth in the face of an uncertain economic recovery, a new Towers Watson survey finds that concerns over their ability to attract and retain key talent, or to plan for an orderly replacement of talent, could thwart those efforts. The survey also found significant gaps in employers' capabilities to address talent management and succession planning issues. The Strategies for Growth survey of more than 700 companies globally, revealed that talent—finding it and keeping it—is the biggest potential workforce obstacle to achieving growth.

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