Archive of Talent Shortages

Five Steps to Proactive Talent Sourcing

A Tier One executive search company was retained to map competitors and complementary industries so if there was unexpected churn, then a replacement could be hired quickly. Not a bad idea, its merit is obvious but what about extending this logic to other parts of the business?

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Talent Mapping: Redefining the value curve for search based recruitment

Talent Mapping is the targeted identification of people with skills to fill both existing and newly created roles in your organisation and it is back on the Agenda in a big way for organisations post GFC, as we see skills shortages impacting certain markets.

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The Economics of the Talent Shortage and what Employers Need to do NOW

Prior to the GFC we saw articles almost daily on the so-called talent shortage. Such clichéd headlines as “Winning the War for Talent” were commonplace. My own company, Mindset used them as did everyone else. These headlines and articles have subsided of late but the talent shortage is still there.

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