According to Birkman’s 2011 talent study titled, “Preparing for the Coming Talent Storm,” 75% of organizations believe that there is currently a talent shortage (or one on the way), however, less than 1% say they are prepared for it. Within the next 10 years Generation Y – the Millennials –...

The War for Talent, increasingly, becomes a larger threat each year. A study released by Deloitte titled “Global Talent Mobility: The 21st Century Business Imperative,” cites that colleges will graduate only 198,000 students to fill the shoes of two million Baby Boomers scheduled to retire between...

In May, a New York Times article discussing the escalating war for talent in Silicon Valley featured Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He explained why he was willing to pay $47 million to acquire FriendFeed – a price that translated to about $4 million per employee – because he was specifically...

For years, mobility assignments have been treated as an afterthought. Companies had a position to fill and they hurried to get that particular opening staffed as quickly as possible – often under the assumption that the employee would view the move as career development and accept the offer. Overall,...

Thanks to technology, telecommuting is becoming more and more popular. In fact, trends indicate that it will only become more common as younger generations enter the workforce. New research from online employment hub, Elance, indicates that the option to work remotely is especially attractive to the...